Our society idolises the hero whose singular actions produce an amazing result.
The winning athlete. The self-made millionaire. The extraordinary artist.
Unfortunately, this hero worship distorts the efficacy of relying on yourself.
Going it alone closes your awareness to the team that can help you achieve a goal.
It also causes you to double-down on yourself if things don’t go well.
You can certainly try to achieve great things by yourself, and there’s a chance you will succeed.
It’s just a very high risk (and lonely) strategy.
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