Episode #144: The Taller Poppy Syndrome Featuring Doug Garland
“We need to embellish tall poppies and people that are standing out, not cut them down. We you're not going to move if you don't, if you want to play tennis and excel don't pick somebody worse than you, you'll never get better. What fun is that? Pick Serena Williams, the best. That's how you that's how you improve yourself.”
Doug Garland
Author | Speaker | Former orthopedic surgeon
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Its only natural that once you start to experience some form of success in your personal or professional life that you’ll be subject to some form of attack by others who want to bring you down and prevent you from standing out.
Life would be good if you could continue operating with no issues, but that's not a reality. Attacks on your character and reputation are bound to happen, especially as you grow and find success. Jealousy, envy and other emotions can enter people's mind and cause them to want to damage you and attack your reputation.
The key is to stay focused and continue to do the things that have made you successful. Don’t let others pull you into the mud by firing back and look to offer as much value as you possibly can. You can't let the negativity of others keep you from standing tall and shining your light.
“Everybody has a fault. I mean, people just won't cut people a break anymore. It's like, we see somebody tall, and now we nitpick and try and find out what's wrong with in their past that maybe we can take them down.”
Understanding Tall Poppy
A Tall Poppy, in Australian terms, is someone noticeably successful as defined by wealth, prestige, prowess, rank or even birth that may attract hostility, envious attention, or malevolence. Some people holding this Tall Poppy person in contempt may attempt to cause failure or disgrace by “cutting” him or her “down to size”; thus causing their target to be “tall-poppied”
Dr. Douglas Garland practiced orthopedic surgery for 37 years in Southern California. In addition to serving as Medical Director of a Total Joint Service for five years, he also served as chief of four service units including spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury at a nationally renowned rehabilitation center. Doug was also a Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Southern California.
To order a copy of his book, The Tall Poppy Syndrome: The Joy of Cutting Others Down
You can also learn more about Doug Garland by visiting his website: douggarland.com
Doug joins Audley on The Audacious Living Podcast to discuss the Tall Poppy Syndrome and how it relates to bullying, jealousy, envy, resentment and schadenfreude.
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