"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility."
— Pablo Picasso
Spanish Artist
1881 - 1973
When a creative leader becomes successful, it is easy to fall into the success trap. Your audience wants you to sing the same songs, paint the same pictures or write the same stories. And you may be afraid they won't appreciate the new you and your new work. So you don't try to ideas. Or you try something new and your audience rejects you. You need to be constantly reinventing yourself and your art. Picasso was know for reinventing himself. He never stayed with one art form or one artistic technique. He was always seeking the new. He did not let success define him. He defined success.
