Message from @Cesare Anasazi
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No, I would not say it cause I usually dont care
You don't care to do what?
I dont care enough to tell people my opinion on a thing that isnt particulary relevant to me
On the other hand, if my intern does a good job learning there's 2 things going on here.
1. I do good job teaching
2. He does good job learning
I dont feel I can claim pride for his ability to learn, only to my ability to teach
It's funny to me cause
Most people, whether they believe to be partly responsible for someone's success or not, when they don't say that out loud, it's because they know it's just a stupid thing to say and it can hurt the relationship
That's why they don't say it, because they don't wanna take away from that person's emotional high
Which is kind of a selfless act of course, parents do this all the time
Selflessness is immoral
It's not selfless
It's a selfless act, it's not "being selfless"
It's a kind of socially evolved behavior
We learn this
Because the backlash from deviating from it causes us harm, for example lost friends
So it's actually selfish in a way
But also selfless
Things can be both
It's a tradeoff basically
That's what societies do
I dont operate like that. WHen I have interns, which I do a lot, I help them understand, give them tasks and then tell them clearly what mistakes were made
Yeah but you don't steal their thunder
I dont get what you mean by that
When they feel successful, you let them have their moment, and you don't steal it for yourself, by saying something stupid like "I did that, I taught you, I'm awesome"
But I didnt do that
Unless you say it jokingly perhaps
I just helped them understand and they did something good
sometimes they do better than I do
Yes that's my point, you're acting selflessly in that moment, because acting selflessly ends up being the better option for you
no, I am not acting selflessly
I am helping them cause it will benefit me in the long run
and I am payed for helping them
............ I'm talking about you not stealing their thunder
there's some disconnect here my friend
Narcissists do that all the time, they take other people's credit and think they can just do that with no repercussions
I take no one's credit, I jst teach people how to do shit
If you were a narcissist, i.e. completely selfish, you'd steal people's thunder for a moment of glory
Yes that's my point, you're not a narcissist, you're not selfish
I am selfish
in fact I strive to be
Then you're intelligently selfish