Die Before They Crown You

 

Everyone wants the crown.
The title.
The proof that they made it.

But what if the final act of mastery isn’t taking the throne—
It’s walking away from it?

What if true leadership demands you die before they crown you?

Not a physical death—
but the ego’s funeral.
The surrender of being seen as the one,
the center,
the savior.

Because here’s the secret:
The longer you chase the crown,
the more you become owned by the throne.

You begin to shape your choices around image.
You start leading to be remembered, not to be effective.
You become more symbol than human—and eventually, even your symbol betrays you.

But when you vanish into the mission…
When you let go of needing to be the face,
the name,
the statue—

you unlock something most will never touch:

Freedom.
Purity.
Legacy without ego.

You become the fire—not the torch.
You become the rhythm—not the drum.
You become the work itself—not its curator.

The best leaders don’t reign forever.
They disappear.
They dissolve.
Not in failure—but in completion.

They build systems that outlive their face.
They shape minds that never need to speak their name.
They sacrifice the performance of power for the raw, undiluted purpose beneath it.

This is ego death.

It’s quiet.
It’s violent.
It’s holy.

And only those willing to give up the reward will ever touch the real reason they started leading in the first place.

So let them build the throne.
Let them prepare the crown.
And when they reach for you—smile, bow low, and vanish.

Because real power never sits still.
It becomes.