Ladies and Gentlemen, Roberto here—watching a master chef plate a single dish. There is no committee, no vote, no "feedback session." There is only his vision and the finality of the result.
I’ve seen dozens of brilliant ideas die in a boardroom because too many people were allowed to touch them. They polished the edges and muted the impact until everyone felt "safe." What remained wasn't a statement; it was a compromise.
This is the Consensus Tax. When you seek approval from the group, you aren't seeking excellence; you are seeking a hiding place. A presence that doesn't challenge or even provoke the wrong people is a presence that will be ignored by everyone.
Excellence is not a democracy. It is a dictatorship of taste. If it doesn't make the boring people uncomfortable, you haven't done anything worth remembering.
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