Trevor Noah talks about the loneliness.
Jerry Seinfeld talks about the perpetual dissatisfaction.
Elon Musk talks about the stress and isolation.
Success has a cost.
Nobody really talks about the cost.
We talk about the climb. The grind. The sacrifices made.
We make success sound noble.
Like it’s actually worth it.
Was the cost worth it for Robin Williams and Matthew Perry?
I doubt it. They paid everything.
I have a leadership coaching client - successful by every possible measure - who recently confided in me:
“I don’t think I know who I am outside of this job anymore.”
It wasn’t a complaint, more like a realization.
That’s what this prompt is about.
Not whether you’re successful.
Not whether the sacrifices were necessary.
But whether you’ve ever actually added up the cost you’ve been paying for what you’re building.
The relationships that quietly fade away, the versions of yourself you slowly forget, the life that was happening while you were focused on work.
Most people haven’t thought about it.
Not really.
Because doing the real accounting means sitting with a number you’ve probably been rounding down for years.
This prompt does the accounting.
The question is whether you actually want to see the bottom line.
Run the prompt now. 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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