There's a fake hierarchy or continuum ranging from #WINNERS down to #LOSERS that we buy into online and by extension in life.
#Hustle and WIN. #PERSIST and WIN. Get up at dawn and WIN. Closers WIN. Most views Win. Popular WINS..............................And yet it isn't so.
In this game there are winners and losers. This is a competition based on ego preservation.
Competition and collaboration are poor bedfellows and collaboration is a far better game.
Who are the losers when we close the deal, purchase the toy, get to #1? Everyone else - that's the message we're conveying.
The healthiest and happiest of us are identified by how we respond to the success of others not by the results showing up in our own lives.
One of the first books to make an impression on me was "I'm OK, You're OK" (#Thomas_A._Harris 1969) That's the eponymous message regardless of the results we're currently producing.
Chase alternate results, encourage others to identify new horizons but be wary the fallout of buying into populist definitions of success.
Not a slogan Nike would advocate! Without some context words such as persistence, patience, endeavor and dedication suggest a noble attitude to life matters. They symbolize ‘the stiff upper lip’ attitude to struggle. "Never ever give up"; to paraphrase Churchill goes to the heart of most self-help and personal development philosophy. The danger of blindly following this type of perseverance without considering its context is that more often than not, triumph does not overcome adversity, at the first attempt. There is a massive industry peddling personal development material. Books, Seminars, Webinars and all manner of strategies that range from useful and inspiring to borderline extortion. Harsh comment? I don’t think so. We live in a society that reveres its celebrities regardless of their substance. The personal development industry has its share of super rich ‘leaders’ who have attained a status within their tribe equivalent to religious pontiffs. Some of thes...
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