Aug 31, 2026 · 39 min · 15 segments
An executive carries a reputation built on credentials and results. David Wright talks with Tricia Gray, Chief Executive Officer of Aditus Partners, about what leadership actually requires, and…
Tricia GrayGuest
David WrightHost
So the success wasn't in my mind at the time, success was the degrees and the accolades and the accomplishments.
And my success will be measured based on my ability to inspire and motivate others.
I just think it's such a profound message to share and to have this little platform to be able to, to do that is just an honor.
And I identify a lot because for years and we were kind of talking about this earlier, like I. associated my success in life or what have you with my title with my success in business like I was my title and my business and my role and that's who I was not who I was as a person and like I needed you to think that I was doing a good job like to get my fulfillment but the issue with that and it seems like you maybe had a similar experience, was it was fleeting.
I would feel fulfilled one moment when I was in that and then it would leave and then I was left, okay, what's next? What's the next goal, the next client, the next accolade, the next award? It's never enough.
That was my experience, right? And I had to find that fulfillment from another place.
God or the universe or like, you know, I have a fairly fluid understanding of spirituality.
But, you know, what I came to find was that mindset that I had was very self-seeking.
It was like, even though my motives were good in a lot of the time, like I was trying to be of service or I was trying to be humble or whatever, I was still thinking about I was still driven by fear, like fear of not getting what I thought I needed or losing what I had already got.
And so anyway, the, the, the point is that like, to not be there today and to be at a place where I can be where my feet are and I can show up in love and connection and let go of what happens from there and all of that.
It's just like what a gift because like I don't have to wake up and try to accomplish today.
You know what I mean? And like, listen, I'm busier than I've ever been in my life.
I'm, you know, renovating a house, but I've never been as calm as I am in this moment.
So the success wasn't in my mind at the time, success was the degrees and the accolades and the accomplishments.
And my success will be measured based on my ability to inspire and motivate others.
I just think it's such a profound message to share and to have this little platform to be able to, to do that is just an honor.
And I identify a lot because for years and we were kind of talking about this earlier, like I. associated my success in life or what have you with my title with my success in business like I was my title and my business and my role and that's who I was not who I was as a person and like I needed you to think that I was doing a good job like to get my fulfillment but the issue with that and it seems like you maybe had a similar experience, was it was fleeting.
I would feel fulfilled one moment when I was in that and then it would leave and then I was left, okay, what's next? What's the next goal, the next client, the next accolade, the next award? It's never enough.
That was my experience, right? And I had to find that fulfillment from another place.
God or the universe or like, you know, I have a fairly fluid understanding of spirituality.
But, you know, what I came to find was that mindset that I had was very self-seeking.
It was like, even though my motives were good in a lot of the time, like I was trying to be of service or I was trying to be humble or whatever, I was still thinking about I was still driven by fear, like fear of not getting what I thought I needed or losing what I had already got.
And so anyway, the, the, the point is that like, to not be there today and to be at a place where I can be where my feet are and I can show up in love and connection and let go of what happens from there and all of that.
It's just like what a gift because like I don't have to wake up and try to accomplish today.
You know what I mean? And like, listen, I'm busier than I've ever been in my life.
I'm, you know, renovating a house, but I've never been as calm as I am in this moment.
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