> As far as meekness, loudly proclaiming that you are valuing options at zero is great way of letting your co workers and others know of your level of interest in the success of company. At which point if not meek you would surely come across as contemptuous, lest the company suceed and your coworkers end up better off than you.

You don't have to be contemptuous to be confident in your own worth and realistic about how much you can influence the company's chances. By working for a company you are already long that company; you should be looking to diversify. The people who "drink the kool-aid" and get extremely personally devoted to their company are not exactly respected, IME.