551. You Need to Avoid Crabs (Anthony Kim Part 3)

In today's episode of the Daily Drive, we unpack **Principle 3: The Zero-Sum Environment**—where your surroundings can turn success into a rigged game, no matter how much you build if the people around you are quietly dismantling it. Drawing from Anthony Kim's dramatic golf comeback, we explore how his old circle of "yes-men" and opportunists created a toxic, zero-sum ecosystem that fed off his success until he lost everything and vanished for over a decade. Battling injuries, addiction, and "scam artists" who took advantage, Kim had to "die" to that world to survive—triggering raw self-preservation instincts. His pivot to a positive-sum system, anchored by his supportive wife Emily, daughter Bella, and now his team with Dustin Johnson's 4Aces on LIV Golf, shows how real growth happens when everyone rises together. Beware the crab mentality: if your circle pulls you down instead of lifting you up, it's time to find a new bucket before your empire sinks.