[spoken-reflective, calm] There is a profound lesson passed down to me by a true leader. Train your successor. [pause] At a certain stage in your career, the metric of your success changes. You stop measuring pride by what you personally perform, and you start measuring it by what your next-in-line achieves. [spoken-authoritative, steady] Do not be stingy with your knowledge. Do not engineer a system to only survive when you are in the room. Build the reverse. Ensure that the organization thrives, adapts, and continues to conquer new heights long after you have walked away. [pause] Always be ready to hand over the game to someone more capable. [spoken-insightful, warm] Yes, it might feel lonely when the floor goes quiet, and they no longer call your name for every daily crisis. But isn’t it a source of far greater pride when they call the name of the successor you built? [pause] We do not build monuments to tie ourselves down. We build architectures that set the next generation free. [spoken-outro] Protect the core. Train the successor. Step into the future. This is Tessera. [Fade to complete silence]
