What if the success you're chasing costs more than it's actually worth? In this episode of Obscured Glory, Erik Milligan challenges the way we measure success, profit, and winning by asking a question that goes far beyond money: What did it cost you to gain it?
Drawing from Proverbs 10:2, Erik explores the difference between gain and true profit. A shortcut may work. Stretching the truth may close the deal. Cutting corners may improve short-term results. But gaining something doesn't necessarily mean you're better off once the entire cost is counted.
Erik introduces the idea of integrity debt, the hidden cost created when one compromise requires another explanation, another shortcut, or another decision you eventually have to manage.
In this episode, you'll discover:
Erik also challenges listeners with a powerful test:
Would you be comfortable if the entire process behind your success became public?
Not just the result.
The emails. The conversations. The promises. The decisions. The compromises.
Because success isn't simply about getting what you wanted.
It's about being able to live with who you became while you were getting there.
If it costs your integrity, it's not profit.
It's a loss in disguise.