The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He notes that higher status allows more mistakes, eventually defining them as style.
- In plain terms
- People in power get away with more errors until those errors become their signature.
- What can you take from it?
- Power can redefine mistakes as intentional style.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Does power change accountability?
- Is style just accepted error?
Another view
It suggests success masks poor judgment.
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