So finally the identity of The infamous Stig is revealed. The nation waits with baited breath for this superhero to unveil his mask. Ben Collins. An ordinary man with a wife and three children. Surely after seven years of the unknown, we have wanted this moment so much? The tweets begin in their thousands, Facebook status updates reach enormous proportions and what does the nation think….
One woman tweets “I am quite gutted. I liked to think of the stig as non-human…. Sort of Terminator ish!”
It’s a disappointment that he’s an ordinary man. Shoulders slump and Dave's ratings start to slide. What a shame. What about all he’s achieved? Let’s look at some of the facts:
• He is successful at what he does. Very few have come near to his success on the circuit.
• He consistently achieves. He never had just one ‘good’ day. He achieved it consistently and reliably so.
Is it a classic case of superhero syndrome? Superman dons the cape and becomes invincible, whilst Clark Kent remains a bumbling wreck. Spiderman slips into his bodysuit and becomes a different person and leaves the geeky Peter Parker way back in the distance.
It’s a great thought about how an identity be perceived. What about the normal people. How are our identities perceived? Would we be more successful if we were anonymous?
If this is so, then what is it about our identity that limits us?
