Frances Fry

Which leads us to the second cousin.

And the second cousin is the soloist.

And so in the example you just had, the women are doing it alone in their quest for perfection, and the men are not going it alone in their quest for good enough, in their quest for this is a publishable paper.

And so to your escapist thing, that's exactly right.

I'm escaping the weakness associated with help, which is...

I don't even want to call that a distortion.

It's just baldly incorrect.

I don't know a single person of great accomplishment that got it without help.

Not a single one.

Shameless.

Shameless and creating ecosystems that could help.

And just think about it.

You alone are going to compete against me and all the people I can galvanize to help me.

What is the probability you have of winning?

I'm going to round it off to zero.

So the problem with the soloist is that you will have such a mediocre ceiling that you can achieve in the world.

And that's so sad because you had all of the raw materials to get there.

In fact, if I said to you, would you rather have a team of soloists or a team of team players?

This is one where it's the person has the mistaken impression that what they're bringing to the table is effort.

And so by hook or by crook, they have to work harder than everyone else.