We have a tendency to idolize our heroes. That’s nothing new. Whether it’s in politics, business, sports or entertainment, we hoist those we admire up on impossibly high pedestals, and when they fail to meet our lofty expectations, we don’t hesitate to knock them right off. It’s a long way down.
This wasn’t a problem back in the days when stars were few and far between, but in the modern era of an insatiable 24/7 social media circus, we’re obsessing over icons – entrepreneurial ones, in particular – at a frantic rate. And I’m not at all sure we can tell the genuine ones from the fake ones – or that we even care anymore.
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