Size 3 Hearts

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“I’m great, you’re not”

This is the highest Size Creatures of The Old World are capable of. Smart people competing to come out on top. Here’s the typical language of a Size 3 tribe:

Ask people at this Size how they see work and you will hear: “I’m good at my job,” “I try harder than most,” “I’m more able than most,” and “Most people can’t match my work ethic.” The key words are “I,” “me” and “my.”

Now imagine having a whole room of people saying, in effect, "I'm great and you're not." Or, "I'm going to find some way to compete with you and come out on top as a result of that." A whole group of people communicating that way, talking that way.

Size-three group members are personally competitive.

Within the Size Three culture, knowledge is power, so people hoard it, from client contacts to gossip about the company. People at Size Three have to win and for them, winning is personal. They’ll outwork and outthink their competitors on an individual basis. The mood that results is a collection of “lone warriors,” wanting help and support and being continually disappointed that others don’t have their ambition or skill.

People at Size Three report, almost universally, that they don’t have enough time, don’t get enough support, and are surrounded by people less able and dedicated than they are. No matter how hard they work, they can’t punch through the barrier of a day that has only 24 hours. They’ve hit the point of diminishing returns, so the harder they work, the less effective they are and the less their efforts seem to matter. Simply put, they want to get to the next level but don’t know how to get there or even what the next level looks like.

3 Doctors with Size 3 Hearts[edit]

Three doctors walk into a bar. But, in this case, three doctors walk into an elevator. I happened to be in the elevator collecting data for this book. And one doctor said to the others, "Did you see my article in the New England Journal of Medicine?" And the other said, "No. That's great. Congratulations!"

The next one got kind of a wry smile on his face and said, "Well while you were, you know, doing your research," -- notice the condescending tone -- "While you were off doing your research, I was off doing more surgeries than anyone else in the department of surgery at this institution."

And the third one got the same wry smile and said, "Well, while you were off doing your research, and you were off doing your monkey meatball surgery, that eventually we'll train monkeys to do, or cells or robots, or maybe not even need to do it at all, I was off running the future of the residency program, which is really the future of medicine."

And they all kind of laughed, and they patted him on the back. And the elevator door opened, and they all walked out. That is a meeting of a Size Three tribe.

The Mantra of Size 3 people is "Only settle for (your) best."

The Peek of The Old World[edit]

If you look at the Declaration of Independence, the crowning achievement of The Old World at its best, and actually read it, the phrase that sticks in many of our minds is things about inalienable rights. I mean, that's Size Five, right? Life is great, oriented only by our values, no other guidance. In fact, most of the document is written at Size Two. "My life sucks because I live under a tyrant, also known as King George. We're great! Who is not great? England!" Sorry.