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Ep 215 – When Effort Costs Credibility
Meta Description: Over-functioning feels responsible, but it quietly erodes leadership credibility. Scott Smith examines the hidden cost of excess action.🎙️ Episode SummaryOver-functioning often begins as responsibility. Stepping in feels helpful. Finishing the work feels necessary.In this episode, Scott Smith explores the Stoic idea of excess — not emotional excess, but excess action. When leaders repeatedly absorb work that is not theirs, credibility shifts. Authority thins into reliability. Judgment gives way to substitution.Nothing breaks immediately.Results still arrive.But credibility…
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