Originally Posted by
ForrestBlack
I think people buy into the falsehood that somehow success is a limited resource and so long as you can knock someone else away from achieving their goals, and/or undermine their self confidence, you will have a better chance at getting the brass ring yourself. But, I don't think success usually has to be about winning some contest you've defined in your head. A trophy you can't share with anyone just doesn't feel that good to me.
One of the things that gets under my skin the most, and happens a lot these days, is that people who feel they are doing somewhat similar things will actively avoid one another. I can't tell you how many people think they are alt-photographers, hip bloggers, cool site owners, or whatever that straight up refuse to have a coffee or a beer with me. I'm the enemy or some nonsense.
So yeah, the ones that claim to be the mostest but refuse to acknowledge any others in the field, they really frustrate me. They are one of the mostest destructive forces that undermine every community I care about. I'll give them that one.
My goals involve both personal aspirations as well as social and community aspirations, and to achieve personal goals when the community gets poisoned by people trying to deplete 'resources' just takes a lot of the pleasantness out of it. I want to create good things, and I want to be able to enjoy the cool things other people create and I want to be able to enjoy them all with the other cool creative successful people. I know it's asking a lot, but that is what would make me feel best.
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