You Always Need A Partner

You need someone that can complement your strengths and weaknesses

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This Thanksgiving break, I’ve been re-watching season 1 of “True Detective” starring Matt McConaughey and Woody Harrelson about two detectives’ lifelong journeys to solve a case. I believe season 1 “True Detective” to only be second to “The Wire” as one of God’s gifts to the Earth, with Matt McConaughey as one of the best characters of all time.

But what “True Detective” has reminded me of is this: every person needs a partner. We all have brilliant strengths, as well as Achilles’ Heel weaknesses. And we need partners, whether in the workplace or personal lives

While McConaughey’s character, Rust Cohle, captures our universal imaginations as a brilliant, cerebral, “I don’t care what anyone thinks” kind of person, the truth is that he never could have accomplished his feats without a partner, Woody Harrelson’s Marty Hart.

Marty seems like a foil to Rust. Often a womanizer who seems incapable to feel remorse, as a viewer, I’ve always felt more drawn to…