07-11-2011, 05:39 PM
PeterB wrote: I will say that the one guy in the video who makes the comment of that he's not "driven by... kinda internal self confidence that let's them see their path from here to there" ... I think that what he described himself not being, is something we should all be aspiring to.
First off, you really don't have enough information about the person to be making an accurate judgement on the person. He could very well be thinking of people like Steve Jobs and such, and think that for him to be successful he needs others around him. And he may not even be aware that Steve has a great support team.
Name one person who was driven by such a strong internal self confidence that they never had to rely on someone else? There isn't one. Why should we aspire to be someone who, IMHO, it isn't even possible to be?
The only thing close to that would be (a) "god"... so your goal is that we should each be our own gods? What's more narcissistic than that?
there's also something to be said for being able to stand on one's own, and having the self-confidence to do so. (That's why I found it scary.)
That's not what the guy said. He didn't say he couldn't stand on his own.
I do NOT interpret what he said as meaning, "this is for you if you're not a loner", I think that watching that video, you take from it what you will. I obviously took it differently than you did.
And just as he didn't say that he couldn't stand on his own, he didn't say he was a loaner either. (And I know I'm the one that used that word to contrast what you were saying.) It's a marketing video. Each word in there is scripted to convey exactly what the creators wanted to convey. So I look at it from that perspective. Then I ask myself, "who do social networks not work for?" What are you using to provide your context for that statement? It sounds like you're just using your dislike for social networks, and thus you can't see anything without that bias.