I was watching this interview today where a former professional wrestler was talking about how during his time a lot of wrestlers actually took steroids to help boost their physique in order to be more marketable in the business. The thing was the person recognized that it would have long-term health implications but decided to do it anyways as he would rather achieve huge success with a shorter lifespan versus living a “normal” healthier life.
I have heard these types of stories too where I believe even famous people like Arnold Schwarzenegger apparently took steroids before he became famous in which he now tries to talk people out of using such things. It’s interesting to think about on whether or not people like this would have ever achieved the level of success they had if that had not opted for the dark route I guess you could say. Many times as well people often leave out these types of details that may have played a crucial factor in them being able to get ahead.
Now obviously we are always taught to do things the right way as there is no point in fast tracking things that will cause you to just crash and burn later on. With that said, do you still view people’s accomplishment as say a great achievement regardless of how they got there in this regard? Because from these examples it seems like the mass majority doesn’t really think twice where I could see that convincing more people to take that route in their professional life.