Oddly enough, some people try to spin this in a really weird way. There are pundit pop psychologists, political talking heads, and obscure modern musicians that make this perplexing declaration.
They try to say, "they have forgotten what is really important." Or, "they have forgotten to value their family." "And instead they only value achievements." "Rather than teach people about competition and goals, shouldn't we teach them to be nice?" "Shouldn’t we teach them to be good people?"
Tons and to-UHNS [to-HONS] of TV shows exist that portray an ambitious person as being self-serving, rotten, not caring about others' feeeeelings.
They try to make it appear that the trait of having goals and ambition is in direct conflict to being a caring, loving, good person. Most plot arcs on TV depict ambition thusly. A main character is rushing off to a big company meeting, or to an academic competition of some kind (academic team, science fair project). And in the process, or in the rush, they somehow neglect their family. Maybe they show someone having to go to the hospital. And the evil ambitious person is sssoooooo evil that they would rather prefer to attend the company meeting, than serve/keep vigil at their family's side.
Or someone has a business they are trying to run, or they are a company hiring manager. This someone usually has a friend that is a complete incompetent slacker, loser, horrible at his job. Unfortunately, the loser friend barely scraped by-- in the exact same profession as the responsible person. The responsible person understandably does not want to hire the loser. But then, the responsible person’s family starts to rail against him/her, wailing chastising him/her, “oh how could you not hire your friend, he is your best friend, he looks up to you, it doesn’t matter that he is terrible at his job, hire him anyway because that’s what friends do for each other.”
To that I say: yeah, we are good friends. Which is why I will go bowling with this person, or gather for a nice relaxing picnic in the park. But I sure as hell am not going to hire this incompetent idiot in a *job.* Hire this dingbat to serve in a job placement on which my livelihood depends? My job that I need so that I can afford my rent and groceries and utilities and bills and food? And you want me to hire this moron so that they can ruin my profession?? Are you nuts?
"They have forgotten that it's what's on the inside that counts." This last one is the strangest of this strange line of reasoning.
Ah, excuse me? This DID come from the inside. My mind, my consciousness, my mode of thinking, my concentration, my studying, my hard work -- THAT is what allowed me to accomplish these things. Not my shoes or my new sunglasses. Do you think it was external motivators that drove me to achieve these monumental tasks? You never considered that *I* set these goals for myself.
They try to say, "they have forgotten what is really important." Or, "they have forgotten to value their family." "And instead they only value achievements." "Rather than teach people about competition and goals, shouldn't we teach them to be nice?" "Shouldn’t we teach them to be good people?"
Tons and to-UHNS [to-HONS] of TV shows exist that portray an ambitious person as being self-serving, rotten, not caring about others' feeeeelings.
They try to make it appear that the trait of having goals and ambition is in direct conflict to being a caring, loving, good person. Most plot arcs on TV depict ambition thusly. A main character is rushing off to a big company meeting, or to an academic competition of some kind (academic team, science fair project). And in the process, or in the rush, they somehow neglect their family. Maybe they show someone having to go to the hospital. And the evil ambitious person is sssoooooo evil that they would rather prefer to attend the company meeting, than serve/keep vigil at their family's side.
Or someone has a business they are trying to run, or they are a company hiring manager. This someone usually has a friend that is a complete incompetent slacker, loser, horrible at his job. Unfortunately, the loser friend barely scraped by-- in the exact same profession as the responsible person. The responsible person understandably does not want to hire the loser. But then, the responsible person’s family starts to rail against him/her, wailing chastising him/her, “oh how could you not hire your friend, he is your best friend, he looks up to you, it doesn’t matter that he is terrible at his job, hire him anyway because that’s what friends do for each other.”
To that I say: yeah, we are good friends. Which is why I will go bowling with this person, or gather for a nice relaxing picnic in the park. But I sure as hell am not going to hire this incompetent idiot in a *job.* Hire this dingbat to serve in a job placement on which my livelihood depends? My job that I need so that I can afford my rent and groceries and utilities and bills and food? And you want me to hire this moron so that they can ruin my profession?? Are you nuts?
"They have forgotten that it's what's on the inside that counts." This last one is the strangest of this strange line of reasoning.
Ah, excuse me? This DID come from the inside. My mind, my consciousness, my mode of thinking, my concentration, my studying, my hard work -- THAT is what allowed me to accomplish these things. Not my shoes or my new sunglasses. Do you think it was external motivators that drove me to achieve these monumental tasks? You never considered that *I* set these goals for myself.
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