Mimetic desire suggests we learn what to desire by observing others, not simply their behaviors, but their longings. Watching someone pursue something passionately often triggers a similar pull within us.
A Miami woman was about to live her Harvard dream. 'It's just heartbreaking'
"It was not just the good thing. It was the amazing thing. It was the exceptional thing," her eldest sibling Maria Claudia Couyutas Duarte said. That was her sister's way of setting goals. Reach higher.