Current speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, was quoted saying, “every successful individual knows that his or her achievement depends on a community of persons working together”. I disagree with his statement because individuals striving for true excellence do not need the complications infused in group work. The critique of others gets in the way of ideas when both sides do not agree, convoluting an individual's path to success. Time and time again, people hear of “self-made” billionaires and intellectuals who attained these assets by their own accord. Frederick Douglass, a man who gained his knowledge with no more than a basic understanding of the alphabet and the ambition to become educated, is a perfect example. His success depended not among others, but within himself. His own hard work is the only trail that leads to his success as a person, with only minor input from others. The work of others cannot be attributed to his success in achieving …show more content…
But these people have neglected to view how we truly learn. Today's world evolved to its current state through the trial and error of its ancestors. Thinking outside the realm of ones given faction will lead to a fault at some point or another but, like our ancestors, they will learn from it and grow to avoid like incidences in the future. Individuals who strive for excellence, yet continue to think within the accepted guidelines of their respective community, will never present ideas that benefit the masses. Communities blanket us from thinking outside the box because we feel safety in concepts we know and cannot make mistakes in doing. Nothing around us commands immediate action, leaving people to ask, why present new ideas to a system that has no foreseeable faults in the