THE MYTH OF THE LONE RANGER
As much as we admire solo achievement, teh truth is that no lone individual has done anything of value. The belief that on person can do something great is a mtyh. There are no real Rambos who can take on a hostile army by themselves. Even the Lone Ranger wasn't really a loner. Everywhere he went he rode with Tonto!
Nothing of significance was ever achieved by an individual acting alone. Look below the surface and you will find that all seemingly solo acts are really team efforts. Frontiersman Daniel Boone had companions from Transylvania Company as he blazed the Wilderness Road. Even Albert Einstein, the scientist who revolutionized the world with his theory of relativitydidn't work in a vacuum. of the debt he owed to others for his work, Einstein once remarked, "Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order ot give in returnas much as I have recieved." It's true that the history of our country is marked by accomplishments of many strong leaders and innovative individuals who took considerable risks. But those people always were part of teams."
"The belif that one person can do something great is a myth."
"There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves." Lyndon Johnson
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