NONE OF US

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Originally published in February 2007, this article and its paragraphs are still fully valid, because in competition, individual ambition serves the common good, as Adam Smith put it.

In other words, he meant that the best results come from everyone in a group doing what is best for himself. However, it was Dr. John Nash who proposed the theory that would lead to his Nobel Prize, when he said that the best result is the product of everyone in the group doing what is best for themselves AND FOR THE GROUP.

In “A Beautiful Mind”, Russell Crowe acted it out:

If you would like to verify this proposition, you might be interested in contacting Dr. Nash directly. Here is his address in Princenton: www.math.princeton.edu/jfnj/, or if you prefer something more entertaining, in the official site of the movie there are many links, games and supports to Nash’s theory: www.abeautifulmind.com/main.html.

For our purposes, however, and in the context of the proposal to raise Costa Rica’s creative product to international competitive levels, and thus strengthen our businesses and professions, it makes sense to remember that this idea is based on knowledge and wisdom, on the certainty of the known as well as the scientific and proven. As Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s, said so well: None of us is as good as all of us. Thus, as Nash says in the movie, personified by Crowe, “so we’ll all end up in bed!”

Isn’t it time to abandon clumsy individualisms, and move to intelligent competition? It’s giving our best to each other AND to the advertising and related business community. It’s time to realize that we have to do it together, though not necessarily united. Chasms separate us, but illusions unite us. Can we abandon the differences, to concentrate on the coincidences? Is it clear? Is it necessary to add something else?

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