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no, Ali, I wasn't responding to you
there's a difference here in my mind: On the one hand, there are things like doing your best, working hard, being loyal, being practical and responsible, meeting challenges, improving yourself, pushing yourself past your comfort zone to grow and learn, understanding your own strengths and weaknesses--these are all tools that lead to individual success.
On the other hand, there is a philosophy of winning is everything, beating the other person no matter what, the end justifies the means, keeping up with the Joneses. These things are what I am getting from fresh's words and tone. You can have the best grades if you cheat, rise to the top of a company by sleeping to the top and blackmail, have the biggest house and fanciest car with crushing debt--but this is not winning at life. That's really what I'm talking about.
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