Beyond the Merit Model
The Trap of Deservingness
4 min readApr 13, 2019
The Reluctant Inheritance
As Homo sapiens we have over 150,000 years of successfully attaining abundant health, love, and wealth: An inheritance weakened by our reluctance to own our excellence. Tribal collectivism is the hidden culprit that pressures us to excel and then to minimize or deny the achievements when praised by others. Yet, we…
