Success is a journey, not the destination. The path continues beyond the peak.

We are all taught how to handle failure. We learn to rise when we fall, to correct mistakes, to be resilient. Entire volumes are devoted to grit, perseverance, and recovery. Yet very few ever teach us how to handle success. And paradoxically, success can be harder to manage than failure.

Success brings light — recognition, joy, new opportunities. But it also casts shadows: complacency, envy, the pressure to repeat achievements, and the danger of losing perspective. Shakespeare captured it perfectly in Henry IV: “Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.”

To thrive, we must remember that success is a journey, not the destination. Even more, we must accept that success and failure are conjoint twins, two sides of the same coin. One inevitably follows t ...