What he [Lyndon Duke] found was something he called “the curse of exceptionality”…
In a society where everyone is trying to be exceptional or remarkable, the outcome is likely to be one of two things:
- Nearly everyone fails because, by definition, if too many people are “exceptional”, then exceptional becomes the norm
- The few who do succeed often feel more isolated and estranged from their peers than before
Therefore you have a group of people who never quite feel good enough, hold themselves up to those who are exceptional and will always find themselves wanting; and you have a group or people who are exceptional yet often feel misunderstood and consequently are often lonely!
