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<blockquote data-quote="ryvinson" data-source="post: 364612" data-attributes="member: 16472">What I can read Velocity saying is the idiocy of oneupmanship or brinksmanship...the relentless&nbsp; self imposed pressure to be one up over others or take risks (fools rush in where angels fear to thread) when the rest of the world is otherwise wiser ..simply to live up to peer pressure and expectations. Oneupmanship and brinksmanship certainly holds water when it comes to exclusive cars especially if one owns a ride that make others salivate and drool with envy. This is where a person&#039;s maturity, self confidence and intelligence comes in to personify one of my most inspirational of Chinese sayings&nbsp; ..&quot;Yi Shan Hai You Yi Shan Gao&quot; loosely translated as &quot;after one mountain comes another (taller) mountain&quot; and&nbsp; loosely interpreted as &quot;there&#039;s no limits to showing off&quot;. The analogous NIKE version would be &quot;there&#039;s no finishing line&quot;. And so one needs to learn how draw to THAT line and say &quot;enough&quot; even if one disappoints. If one continues to seek endorsement or approval from others, the real persona in one will never stand up and be counted. And that indeed would be the saddest strory ever told.Gee whiz!&nbsp; Now how did I philosophize and pontificate in the manner I have done above.........booooooo......</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ryvinson, post: 364612, member: 16472"] What I can read Velocity saying is the idiocy of oneupmanship or brinksmanship...the relentless self imposed pressure to be one up over others or take risks (fools rush in where angels fear to thread) when the rest of the world is otherwise wiser ..simply to live up to peer pressure and expectations. Oneupmanship and brinksmanship certainly holds water when it comes to exclusive cars especially if one owns a ride that make others salivate and drool with envy. This is where a person's maturity, self confidence and intelligence comes in to personify one of my most inspirational of Chinese sayings .."Yi Shan Hai You Yi Shan Gao" loosely translated as "after one mountain comes another (taller) mountain" and loosely interpreted as "there's no limits to showing off". The analogous NIKE version would be "there's no finishing line". And so one needs to learn how draw to THAT line and say "enough" even if one disappoints. If one continues to seek endorsement or approval from others, the real persona in one will never stand up and be counted. And that indeed would be the saddest strory ever told. Gee whiz! Now how did I philosophize and pontificate in the manner I have done above.........booooooo...... [/QUOTE]

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