Revised: Is success a zero-sum game?
In order for one person to be successful, does another person need to lose, or can success be "the rising tide that lifts all boats."
Old: In order for someone to have success, why do people have to be hurt and back-stabbed in the process? Animals are meant to work as a team, so then why must people think the only way to the success is by themselves?
Example: In The Social Network, Mark back stabs Eduardo. Why was that needed? They could have been fine as a team.
Or, in the Penn State situation. He never said anything about his assistant coach. All for the sake of keeping his name clean and keeping the success of hisself and his career.
omg omg TSN!!!!!!!!! They could've had it all, Nicole. ROLLING IN THE DEEEEEPPP!
ReplyDeleteNo, I agree with you. Eduardo and Mark could've collaborated well and eventually made that business even better than what it is.
I concur with the statement that for a lot of people, it's all about the individual victory. It's like D.P's article stated, we've been taught that we have to do things on our own for it to count, and collaborating is cheating. We want the glory for ourselves, but that isn't how it should be because we need each other and we have to eventually build working relationships in which we can trust one another.
It needs to stop being about the individual and start being about the whole.
Do a quick search on "zero sum game" and game theory to get some background on this. This URL will give you an intro to game theory in general: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/game-theory/
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