SCRIPT CHECK · 60 SECONDS
Five quick questions show how often it appears, how believable it feels, and what it makes you avoid. You’ll get one private next step.
This is not a diagnosis and there is no pass or fail. It measures the current frequency, credibility, and behavioral cost of “Success belongs to the team; failure belongs to me alone”, including the private rule underneath it: Credit flows down, blame flows up, and both stop at me. Every outcome gets sorted into only one column of my personal ledger. Wins are their wins. Losses are my losses. That asymmetry protects me from being blindsided by judgment, but it…
QUIET
“Success belongs to the team; failure belongs to me alone” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “Wins and losses both live in the same team. I own my decisions in both, not all outcomes in either.”
PRESENT
“Success belongs to the team; failure belongs to me alone” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “If they succeeded here, they also learned something here. If I failed here, so did the system I run.”
ACTIVE
“Success belongs to the team; failure belongs to me alone” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Write down one recent win and one recent loss. List three team factors in each and one decision or choice you made in each. Read it back without editing. Notice what you see that you didn't see before.
DOMINANT
Right now, “Success belongs to the team; failure belongs to me alone” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: Write down one recent win and one recent loss. List three team factors in each and one decision or choice you made in each. Read it back without editing. Notice what you see that you didn't see before.