I have heard from mountaineers that it is dangerous to scale a mountain too fast.  If you were able to use a helicopter to reach the top of Mt. Everest, the first thing that will happen is that you will feel a shortage of oxygen, and probably feel extreme discomfort if not die.

It is important that you should scale slowly, and then acclimatize, that means stop at certain point of the lower summit, and let your body adjust to the shortage of oxygen, and then slowly go up again.

I am thinking that it is the same in the corporate ladder.  A person who is not ready, or at least have certain inherent abilities, will have extreme difficulty responding properly when success is suddenly thrust upon them.

When I was small, as with my friends, we all dream and wish that one day, we will find out that we have suddenly become extremely rich.  In most of us, there is a wish that we can conquer Everest in a day.  Maybe we can take this lesson and ponder — because success that is hard owned, in which you are able to adjust slowly as the conditions change and respond appropriately before you scale further, is the success that will be sustainable.

 Are you fit to scale the mountain?  Are you willing to endure the difficulty and meed the odds ( it is important that you understand perfectly the conditions in each step of the ladder so that you will know whether you can handle it). Are you willing to pay the price? 

I wish I could be more encouraging, but the truth is that success i snot as sweet as it looks. It extracts a high price, and success can destroy a person as much as failure can, and it is important that we prepare and work on it with two eyes wide open.

People going direct to the summit of Mt. Everest will have problem of acclimatizing.

It is best to spend some time first in the lower summits. 

ditto with Business 

Our post that it is not good to assume was pick of the crop in Carnival of Small Business Issues.

We were also featured in Live the Power Ed 2  and Carnival of Entrepreneurs ed 30

Carnival of Small Business Issues - Edition 11 : Atlantic Canada’s Small Business Blog - IQI Strategic Management Inc.

I decided to introduce this category going forward. I will decide on one article that I think was the best submission for the week. The other articles are good too - but this one stood out from among the rest. * Never Assume is written by Wilson Ng at Reflections of a BizDrivenLife. “Don’t guess. Don’t assume. Ask!” A short tale on Richard Branson (Virgin group) and his humbling experience.