Do we need to follow everything the personalities say?
The podcasts, endless interviews, and articles on various personalities from sportspersons, actors, business tycoons, authors, politicians, and others try to give their best piece of mind not at the cost of their image but at the cost of authenticity.No one wants to make a fool of himself or herself when has to give an opinion about something unreliable partially or wholly. For example, seeking dating advice from a Forbes entrepreneur or having some political opinion from a highly uninformed actor. In such instances, they try to show the best version of themselves articulately by hiding their clumsiness or their not-so-appealing side. And the impressed viewers take their opinion to be granted to have one-size-fits-all all enthusiasm.
Life can be a continuum and success in one aspect could reverberate to the other aspect. For example, good parenting can lead to emotionally balanced children with good career prospects as well. But the discreet and highlighted answers about one aspect often glorifies the subject and reality could be compromised.
What's the antidote then? Carl Jung said that we all relate to one aspect which is our dark, evil, and repressed side where there is envy, anger, hatred, impulse, and other behaviors. The great people are the ones who acknowledge them, get brutalized by them, and also tame them to eventually transcend them. So when one says, I was highly addicted to the substance and then overcame it to relish life better then you can trust and honor him rather than the one who when asked about addiction says, it's a weakness and we have all the willpower to tame it and there is nothing like an addiction.
