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Alexander the Great in the Boardroom: Why Your Ambition is Your Biggest Liability

Kodo

24 Mar 2026 — 2 min read

The desire to be 'somebody' is the exact moment you lose yourself.

They taught us in school to admire Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon. They told us these were the great men of history.

They lied.

In reality, these men were sick with ego. They didn't love life; they only loved power. They were actually the smallest of men, conquering the world outside just to compensate for the massive, echoing void inside.

The Life of Ants

This is how the trap is set. From the time we are children, we are trained to admire others rather than develop our own spirit. We are pushed to become "somebody" in the eyes of society. But in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter at all who you are in someone else's eyes.

Under the weight of these expectations—from parents, teachers, and the system—we slowly disconnect from ourselves.

We fall asleep. We start living the life of ants.

Don't get me wrong. Ants are a miracle of nature. They are organized. They show us the incredible power of simplicity and small things. But the difference between a human and an ant is consciousness.

When we fall asleep and let our subconscious mind take the wheel, we are never satisfied. We do things out of blind necessity, and it drains us completely. Every day, we do things that leave us empty.

Painters in Boardrooms

How many born mathematicians ended up cleaning floors? How many brilliant painters are sitting in boardrooms right now, dressed as executive managers?

We do what we don't love because someone expected it of us. Because our own ego expected it. We needed to get somewhere. We needed to own something.

But believe me: if you sharpen your attention, if you truly wake up, even the very thing that drains you right now can become your driving force.

You have to detach. You must drop the inherited teachings, the pressure, the accumulated knowledge, and the dogma.

You step into whatever you are doing with pure, clear consciousness and genuine love for the present moment.

Do that, and the world flips upside down. You stop running after money. You stop chasing happiness. You just stand still, and everything comes to you.

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"What's In It For Me?": The One Question Draining All Your Energy

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The Nuclear Bomb in the Boardroom

Let’s bring the conqueror's mindset to the present. Today’s managers and founders do the exact same thing as those ancient kings. They build empires. They use their ego as a rocket engine. On the surface, it looks like massive security and raw power. But in reality,