Standing on your own shoulders
own it early
Initially, you learn to see. You see through others. You learn from others. Science. History. Ideas. Thoughts. Attitudes. You stand on others’ shoulders to grow. And you practice. You build your experiences. Your own ideas though influenced. You know your rights from wrongs. Your morals.
One day from all this you grow up to be yourself. Stand on your own shoulders instead of others. And in the history of mankind, the ones who did extraordinarily well tended to be on their own shoulders earlier than others. Yes, some might have because of privileges like genetics, environment, location, timing, or other privileged positions. But still, my hypothesis is that the earlier you are on your own shoulders the better your success.
It is not a man's duty, as a matter of course, to devote himself to the eradication of any, even the most enormous wrong; he may still properly have other concerns to engage him; but it is his duty, at least, to wash his hands of it, and, if he gives it no thought longer, not to give it practically his support.
If I devote myself to other pursuits and contemplations, I must first see, at least, that I do not pursue them sitting upon another man's shoulders.
— Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) American Author
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