Published in the May-June 2012 Rebel Magazine, Rebel Culture Shock
Excessive hero worship has warped our perspectives on reality and self-expectations.
In a recent survey, we asked several men in three different cities who they had looked up to as boys. Who did they want to be most like as adults? All except two responded with a superstar figure from the sports or entertainment world, running the gamut from Mickey Mantle to Mick Jagger.
None of those interviewed had looming bodyguards protecting them from hordes of autograph seekers or left the premises in sleek black limousines. This raised the questions (politely unasked, of course) about why they’d set such unrealistic childhood expectations in the first place and how they were adjusting as adults.
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Kevin J. Palmer
The Quiet Rich