You cannot protect yourself by building walls. Trust me, I tried and failed. However, you can protect yourself by building character.
If you’re reading this, you’ve likely spent your life building everything that you think is necessary for success, everything that you’ve been told you were supposed to do. Early in my career, I focused primarily on building my reputation as an attorney and creating a body of work that spoke for itself, giving me entry to the places I aspired to go. Along the way, I was unaware of the powerful walls I was building.