06-24-2007, 01:55 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>According to Reich, the "myth of individualism" came into our culture through the popular stories of Horatio Alger in the last century. </b>Ragged Dick, the hero of these stories, rose from a lowly station in life by dint of individual effort to earn a respectable job and the promise of a better life. The heroic individual became our cultural ideal. Link - EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->