Review Of Margaret Mead's Success: Is It A Threat?
Success is it a threat?
(The three reasons why I agree with Margaret Mead)
Do you find yourself looking in the mirror for someone who isn’t there? Do you ever find yourself in a different place than others? Have you ever felt threatened by someone else’s success? Can you feel good about your own success? In Margaret Mead’s quote she said that people see others success as a treat. I agree with that, people get so mad when someone passes a test and they fail it. You see it many different aspects of life, for example an ex-husband making more money than the ex-wife. They wonder why they aren’t doing as well as them, or even better. Success for other people threatens the accomplishments of others. There are three reasons why …show more content…
They are finally succeeding, and you see them as a threat because you think you can’t measure up to what they are doing. We see success as a threat because in the end we are afraid we won’t be good enough for them. No matter how many times they tell you, that you will be great you can’t help but feel that you won’t be able to be great if someone else is already at the top. I agree with Margaret Mead, because no matter how big someone else’s success is we see it as a threat to our own success. Everything's a competition even when it comes to family, it’s mostly siblings they all want to make their parents proud so they try succeed in life, and then their siblings do and they find it threatening. Clearly, family is one reason why we find success to be a …show more content…
People seem to want to compete with the enemy and be successful compared to them. I think that people try to feel more superior than others in many different ways. They try to make sure they have nicer clothes, cars, and even house. The enemy is probably the one person that most people see as threat to success. Most people want to be better than that one person, and when they aren’t they feel worthless. Enemies are the people that try to get the last laugh when in all reality it doesn’t help them in the end. Some people aren’t nice about their success they like to throw it in the other’s face. The other people are in that boat of threats, when the enemy is succeeding. Obviously, there are many people that can see an enemy's success as their
(The three reasons why I agree with Margaret Mead)
Do you find yourself looking in the mirror for someone who isn’t there? Do you ever find yourself in a different place than others? Have you ever felt threatened by someone else’s success? Can you feel good about your own success? In Margaret Mead’s quote she said that people see others success as a treat. I agree with that, people get so mad when someone passes a test and they fail it. You see it many different aspects of life, for example an ex-husband making more money than the ex-wife. They wonder why they aren’t doing as well as them, or even better. Success for other people threatens the accomplishments of others. There are three reasons why …show more content…
They are finally succeeding, and you see them as a threat because you think you can’t measure up to what they are doing. We see success as a threat because in the end we are afraid we won’t be good enough for them. No matter how many times they tell you, that you will be great you can’t help but feel that you won’t be able to be great if someone else is already at the top. I agree with Margaret Mead, because no matter how big someone else’s success is we see it as a threat to our own success. Everything's a competition even when it comes to family, it’s mostly siblings they all want to make their parents proud so they try succeed in life, and then their siblings do and they find it threatening. Clearly, family is one reason why we find success to be a …show more content…
People seem to want to compete with the enemy and be successful compared to them. I think that people try to feel more superior than others in many different ways. They try to make sure they have nicer clothes, cars, and even house. The enemy is probably the one person that most people see as threat to success. Most people want to be better than that one person, and when they aren’t they feel worthless. Enemies are the people that try to get the last laugh when in all reality it doesn’t help them in the end. Some people aren’t nice about their success they like to throw it in the other’s face. The other people are in that boat of threats, when the enemy is succeeding. Obviously, there are many people that can see an enemy's success as their