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It's because success is about status, and status is a zero-sum game.
by tormeh 11y ago
It's because success is about status, and status is a zero-sum game.
- jacquesm 11y agoSuccess can be defined in many ways, some of those involve status but plenty do not. As soon as your definition of 'success' involves others then you're in the status domain but if your definition of success lets those other people out it becomes a much better driver and is no longer a zero-sum game because you determine what you believe to be your standard for success. For instance, I could define my measure for success as my ability to fix something and then go and do it. If I'm successful I win, if I'm not successful I still learn. It won't matter at all in the eyes of others (to me, at least) what the outcome is and the world as a whole will be better off, even if I'm unsuccessful.