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Originally Posted by Winsor_Pilates
I'm not sure if that's a Peterson perspective or just yours, but really have to disagree.
There are many more roles a person can play than leader or victim, and the same person can be multiple roles to different people or in different situations.
I'd say life's more comparable to a successful sports team. Not everyone has to be the top scorer or most aggressive player to be an important part of the team. The intellectual leader, experienced veteran, energetic rookie who knows he's still learning all have a role to play.
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How I interpret it is Peterson often states the example that if you've gone to an Ivy League school you're no longer a victim. You can't be the oppressor and the oppressed at the same time. So what I take that to mean that in life you can choose be a leader or a victim. We see this in the workplace. When something bad happens to a team of say 6 people. You being one of the 6 can be a leader and look for solutions to this problem or continue being a victim and blame everyone else for your problems. We've experienced this in our everyday work lives.
The hockey team: all 20 players are leaders, they have different roles to lead, one is the scores, one is the passer, one is the checker and one is the crazy one stopping pucks. If you have a 'victim' who whines about not getting the puck or not getting enough minutes then that player is gotten rid of (or should be).