Selling out is usually more a matter of buying in. Sell out, and you're really buying into someone else's system of values, rules and rewards.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Selling out involves adopting someone else's values to gain reward.
- In plain terms
- To sell out is to buy into another person's system.
- What can you take from it?
- Compromise often means accepting others' definitions of success.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What values will you not sell?
- Who defines your reward?
Another view
Sometimes adapting to a system is necessary for survival.
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