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Backseat Driver

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Fri Nov 19, 2021, 01:22 PM Nov 2021

Finding the "sweet spot" is apparently a difficult task

perhaps when we misjudge who we excessively admire and attempt to emulate. From a belief in a Creator's literal supremacy to the extreme perks we ascribe to our heroes, geniuses, and celebrities. Because this article focuses on analogies in the corporate and sports areas, we then turn ourselves over to fan clubs of group-think that leave us vulnerable to our foibles that grew far away from good ways to forgive, selfishness, and greed so in our own minds, "we win?" in excessive over-compensation. In a small world becoming ever smaller, but perhaps more divisively, seeking balance in gray areas of our lives is indeed a difficult task.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201303/the-sweet-spot-between-hubris-and-humility

[snip] “You know it makes me a little bit proud, and a little bit humble.” There is a sweet spot between hubris and humility that is the key to greatness." - Robert Noyce



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