I have long considered the question: When did persons with very special attributes recognize that they were REALLY special, and might have a significant impact? How did such realizations effect their lives? This question is always coupled with the studies of delusions of grandeur and the pathological arrogance of self importance among so many. How many people of importance in history are known only because of circumstance - being at the right place at the right time - and not because of anything unique that they contributed? Can we ever know of how many persons existed with significant potentials to contribute, but who were not at the right place at the right time, or were unable to attract others to help seaf their ideas or innovations? Edited 11-06-2005 03:31 PM
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