> everyone, including yourself, is doomed to incompetence.
Welcome to the human condition. You are imperfect and will always lack perfect information.
> That every successful business you know of is run at a profit in spite of incompetence
That's just called "compromise." Those who are good at it are generally recognized as "good businessmen." Not because of their extreme competence but because of their willingness to accept these facts and remain positive and agile in the face of them.
> yet the company continued to succeed by momentum and great decisions that were made in the past
Well, precisely, skillful compromise can move mountains that otherwise would seem impossible.
> When the stars align and things are successful, its time to celebrate, but maybe don't assume it'll always happen that way.
It won't. And if it does it's likely due to your competition being absent or tardy, so, even if you do enjoy this once or twice in your career, it's certainly not going to last.
> but maybe this new initiative from the CEO isn't quite as important to the success of your company as they may make you believe.
Yea but they're going to pay you the same for the work anyways.
Welcome to the human condition. You are imperfect and will always lack perfect information.
> That every successful business you know of is run at a profit in spite of incompetence
That's just called "compromise." Those who are good at it are generally recognized as "good businessmen." Not because of their extreme competence but because of their willingness to accept these facts and remain positive and agile in the face of them.
> yet the company continued to succeed by momentum and great decisions that were made in the past
Well, precisely, skillful compromise can move mountains that otherwise would seem impossible.
> When the stars align and things are successful, its time to celebrate, but maybe don't assume it'll always happen that way.
It won't. And if it does it's likely due to your competition being absent or tardy, so, even if you do enjoy this once or twice in your career, it's certainly not going to last.
> but maybe this new initiative from the CEO isn't quite as important to the success of your company as they may make you believe.
Yea but they're going to pay you the same for the work anyways.