Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment

He could work with his hands and immediately see the fruits of his labor, which was important to him.

the individual must trust the organization.”

“It was a eureka moment,” Ingrid tells us. “It finally gave me a sense of worth.”

The fact that most people could not solve the cube activated his competition micro-motive.

There is a common thread that binds them all together, however, and it was hard to miss. Dark horses are fulfilled.

Like chess grandmasters, dark horses teach us that you can achieve success without ever knowing your destination. You just can’t reach it without knowing who you are.

Dark horses are not defined by their character. Nor are they defined by a particular motive,

Get better at the things you care about most. This is the dark horse prescription for personalized success. It elegantly summarizes all four elements of the dark horse mindset and converts gradient ascent into a simple set of directives: Get better consists of climbing toward a personal peak of excellence. It is the process of engineering achieveme

it just made me understand how other people pass the test,”