I like this a lot as well, I was operating under assumption (1) until probably 2 or 3 years ago, until I realized the main value I derive from being better than others is the warm fuzzy of immediately teaching them the thing. So success (1) is self-defeating.
To fully appreciate this I had to disentangle the warm fuzzy of “pretending to teach while lording over” which is admittedly good but nowhere as good as actually watching the other person improve because of my efforts.
I like this a lot as well, I was operating under assumption (1) until probably 2 or 3 years ago, until I realized the main value I derive from being better than others is the warm fuzzy of immediately teaching them the thing. So success (1) is self-defeating.
To fully appreciate this I had to disentangle the warm fuzzy of “pretending to teach while lording over” which is admittedly good but nowhere as good as actually watching the other person improve because of my efforts.