By Jamie Mason Cohen, Resilience Speaker
It’s not just about succeeding in the end, it’s how you succeed that matters, too.
There’s a moving scene in “Mr. Saturday Night”, in which Billy Crystal’s character, a Catskills performer, based on a real person, finally made it after years of struggle.
Crystal’s character’s best friend, who quietly helped him behind-the-scenes to get to where he is now, turns to him and quietly acknowledges that he has reached the mountain top of success.
But then his friend pauses and musters the courage to turn back and says, “Yeah, you made it but you could have been nicer.” And walks away presumably for the last time.
What’s the anecdote to making sure that we course-correct so we don’t end up in this scene in our own lives?
Regardless of where you are in your journey and how you define success, be good to people along the way.
