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Note that "that person" is not actually a specific person, but merely your image of one.
by realbarack 6y ago
Note that "that person" is not actually a specific person, but merely your image of one.
- lowiqengineer 6y agoI mean I can probably go on LinkedIn right now and find someone that fits these loose criteria. They’re fairly common!
- ZephyrBlu 6y agoIf your definition of "fairly common" is something like a ~1% chance, then sure.
- RussianCow 6y agoCertainly more common than Michelangelo-level artists! I think the OP's point was that you don't need to be the absolute best in your field, or even that close, to be rewarded handsomely.
- lowiqengineer 6y agoAgreed. And this makes not even being close even harder for me.
- SCAQTony 6y agoThere are artist all over instagram that can do anatomy better than Michelangelo. In fact Michelangelo never painted a portrait because he couldn't do it. Leonardo could but Leonardo could not sculpt.
- burntoutfire 6y agoHow can you know what goes on in their lives though? Maybe they're bored or bitter or lonely or even suicidal? $500k a year alone does not do much for your well being.
- lowiqengineer 6y agoI mean I'm all of those things too but I have way less money and external validation
- nickmooney 6y agoMan, your issue is not that you do not have enough external validation, it's that you crave it so badly. I guarantee you achieving your concrete goals would not make you happy -- you would just move the goalposts. I would really recommend therapy as a way to understand and reframe the desire for external validation.