You know, “I did it all on my own,” with no credit to anyone else.
It’s not the way things really work, for one thing. Think of all the support needed to survive, learn, and achieve — family, teachers, coaches and mentors, colleagues, customers, buyers, employers, friends, partners.
For another, every man for himself leaves no room for God, much less other people.
Deep down, that has to be incredibly lonely. How does someone like that mask the pain or the fear of falling?