Canny View: Transitioning to a goals based future 28 Jan, 2021 08:29 PM 7 minutes to read Hawkes Bay Today Any successful career will at one point see a peak and then a decline. Consider active investment managers. Many can be lauded for their successes and anointed as geniuses we should follow, but there's a reason for the warning that 'past performance is not a reliable indicator of future success'. 2019 highlighted the spectacular fall of money manager Neil Woodford, but he's not the only one to lose his Midas touch. 'Bond King' Bill Gross lost his throne and retired earlier last year after being unable to recapture past successes.