Does being a Nobel Prize winner, a renowned basket weaver or great basketball player improve Identity? Do explicit achievements work as Identifiers?
Behaviors that society or peers respect or value can enhance individual Identity. But there are many people who are famous who sustain a psychically disturbing Identity deficiency. It might even be argued that the reason why a person pursues a career known to bring them individual recognition does so perhaps in a strategy to address an Identity deficiency that has been incompletely augmented by previous efforts or directions. Fame is another tool or process to augment Identity. Fame, even being famous for a unique talent or event, does not mean that the person must necessarily have achieved an individually satisfactory Identity, or that it would consequently be easier to resolve an effective Identity. Anita Mui, known as the ‘Madonna of Asia’ recently died from an aggressive cancer at age 40. Although proud of her career, was reported to have said that she would have preferred to have been an attorney instead of a rock star. 6.
