Everyone - webmasters to neurosurgeons to maids - are all "living in their own world," unless they make the conscious decision to choose to look and learn.

My favorite example of this is George Lucas. I cocluded from the total lameness of the last trilogy of Star Wars movies that they were created by a man who surrounded himself with people who essentially agreed with whatever idea he had. "Yes, sir! Yes, sir! " Just take alll the names in the credits of those movies, and photoshop them with "Smithers" repeatedly.

Many people just do not go to the trouble to really challange themselves, especially if they do not have to.

The legendary Hollywood movie director Billy Wilder, rumor has it, always employed one special guy to be on the set of every film, and that guy's only job was to disagree with the boss. He was the "No" man.

Maybe this is just a made up story from long ago Hollywood, but it is useful. All business have big egos. Nobody likes to be told they are wrong. And it's very easy to only listen to what you want to hear.

Know anyone whose plunged into a relationship like that?

Steve