Your article hits on a key question. What do we mean by success? For some reason, the idea of success in our era, in our culture, means being above almost everyone else, like the top 1%. We scorn anything less. Shouldn’t a vibrant society have room for lots of quality musicians, interesting writers, athletes, research scientists, and any other field where people focus on renown?
The problem is that most of these aren’t dreaming about excelling in their favored skill, but wanting the accolades and attention of many.
The awe of their peers.
This is a huge obstacle to being satisfied in our work because human attention is fickle and fleeting, and those who have it live on a precipice.
