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#2 Man Problem
2 points by paulpauper on Aug 16, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments
During the War on Terror, a recurring joke or meme is that they (the US forces) kept capturing the "#2 guys", not the #1 guy, that obviously being Bin Laden. It's like they had captured a dozen "#2 guys" or second in command. It seems like the same for me and maybe others in business or other aspects in life : no matter what, I keep finding myself with #2 guys, but never the number 1 or the top person. Why is it so hard to get in touch with the top person or top people. It could be that #1 people do not need to waste their time with #2 people. #2 guys can be competent, but the chasm between #1 and #2 is sometimes huge. we're talking like night and day difference . just sucks how I'm always stuck with #2 people. can never find the top people. anyone else have this problem.



Dividing people into #1 and #2 is loser-talk (to put it in the same context) for the kind of people who read too much "how to succeed in business" books and watch too many Gary Vaynerchuk vlogs.

No wonder not just the supposed "#1" people wouldn't want to get with someone with that attitude, but even "#8" or anybody for that matter!


It reminded me (negatively) about 'alpha male' vs 'beta male' concept of bro-culture




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