EPTYou're Not Special - Page 6
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LarJarsE
United States1378 Posts
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D10
Brazil3409 Posts
On June 10 2012 04:54 Iteachextra wrote: #3. For everyone in the world who thinks they are a great athelete, student, or enginner, someone in the world that has greater prowess than them. He states that you strive to do what you enjoy and dont bother competing with everybody else. What if you are the best ? Sorry he just lost all credibility | ||
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radscorpion9
Canada2252 Posts
It can be relevant if he notices that many students have an over-inflated sense of imoprtance; otherwise its unnecessary and kind of cynical. Edit: But I do like some of the other points he made, doing things because you enjoy them, not getting sucked into base materialism to satisfy yourself, good stuff. On June 11 2012 03:54 D10 wrote: What if you are the best ? Sorry he just lost all credibility Okay, so he's right for 99% of the people out there? That's hardly losing all credibility, its just a minor correction. The basic point is right, don't go into things looking to be the best, because its extraordinarily difficult. Just do it because you enjoy it | ||
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Man with a Plan
United States401 Posts
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Mstring
Australia510 Posts
On June 10 2012 23:49 Domus wrote: His entire speech is based on a fallacy. That if everybody is special, nobody is special. This is just not true, when everybody is special, everybody is special. Wanting someone else to not be special to be special yourself is a negative approach to life. (Human) life in itself is something special, and I think that measuring everything in achievements is a bad thing (I think the man agrees with me on this, he just has a very negative way to go about it). I think that measuring everything in achievements and efficiency is one of the greatest flaws of (western) civilization. On June 11 2012 00:02 Creager wrote: this is garbage just to support the continuing existence of our failed captalistic system... while I agree that you must strive for your ideals, the mindset of 'always working hard' in fact fuels competing for wealth and social acceptance, so it seems inevitable. people should start thinking and being critical of their environment instead of pursuing the goals someone tells them to and get indoctrinated to materialism... | ||
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Rassy
Netherlands2308 Posts
Only 1 out of 1000 people is special in the sense that they have much greater potential then the 999 other ones. It is good to be realistic, but its not good to be TO realistic. Telling people they special can be a bit of a selffulfilling profecy, a sort of neuro linguistic programming. People have to believe they can do something first,before having a change to succeed. Dont think there is annything wrong with telling children and students they are special, as long as you dont overdo it. | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On June 11 2012 03:54 D10 wrote: What if you are the best ? Sorry he just lost all credibility There's a couple things that people need to know about being 'the best'. 1) The 'best' are the best because in addition to having extreme innate talent, they had a string of unique experiences and opportunities, lucky breaks, and work harder than most people can possibly imagine. Kobe Bryant is a good example. When he joined the Beijing Olympic team, other younger 'superstars' like Lebron James and Chris Bosh were shocked to discover that Kobe's daily routine included things like waking up at 3 AM everyday to go to the gym, watching other Olympic teams play and practice during his downtime for scouting information, and barely socializing. 2) The success of being 'the best' is always tainted. Fans and other players will hate you for no real reason, your teammates will expect you to carry them and cover your mistakes, etc. So yeah, the OP's advice still applies. It's more important to love what you do and not worry about the rewards than to be 'the best' at something. | ||
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Schaudenfraud
United States38 Posts
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Clarity_nl
Netherlands6826 Posts
On June 11 2012 21:21 Schaudenfraud wrote: This guy is totally wrong. Most humans are special. It's not an everyday thing that mother nature just happens to make a species that is capable of order, culture, and being somewhat awesome as time goes by. I mean, the reason why I eat turkey sandwiches are because they aren't special. Shout outs to meat eaters in earth btw. The reason why I'm not eating humans is because they're pretty damned special compared to everything on Earth. When turkey sandwiches are capable of reasoning, language, and thought,I'll stop eating them. Most humans are special, does that make being special not special? Last time I checked he wasn't giving his speech to turkeys. | ||
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Silidons
United States2813 Posts
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Schaudenfraud
United States38 Posts
On June 11 2012 21:26 Clarity_nl wrote: Most humans are special, does that make being special not special? Last time I checked he wasn't giving his speech to turkeys. Humans are the Grandmaster's League of mother nature. They ARE the GM league of Earth. That's like saying "Most GM players are special, does that make being special not special?" and the answer to that is no because there are other lame animals like turkeys who aren't even in our league. Looks pretty special to me. People are on the tail end of the bell curve. | ||
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Clarity_nl
Netherlands6826 Posts
On June 11 2012 22:02 Schaudenfraud wrote: Humans are the Grandmaster's League of mother nature. They ARE the GM league of Earth. That's like saying "Most GM players are special, does that make being special not special?" and the answer to that is no because there are other lame animals like turkeys who aren't even in our league. Looks pretty special to me. People are on the tail end of the bell curve. ...... I don't even.. Isn't it safe to assume that when he says "you aren't special" what he MEANS is: "you aren't special, for a human" I really can't even try to comprehend where the hell you are going with this. | ||
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-_-Quails
Australia796 Posts
On June 10 2012 05:01 GreEny K wrote: As I said in the other thread, I completely agree with everything he said. But, I feel that parents need to tell their kids that they are special and so on. I feel like parents shouldn't bother telling their kids that they're special. Special is used in a bland and meaningless way today. Far better to praise the kid for being polite, or considerate, or for remembering to do all their chores and homework without prompting, or for learning how to do something new. People shouldn't be praised for merely existing. They should be praised for doing. | ||
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DreamChaser
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
On June 10 2012 05:11 iwearcapes wrote: really stupid speech i almost felt embarrassed for him idk why just the way his jokes were and the things he was saying. soo cliche? I agree, his presentation was terrible but that doesn't make the ideas he is presenting any less true. | ||
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FetTerBender
Germany1393 Posts
i.E. if you are too intelligent you may find it hard to socialise, if you lack intelligence too hard the same applies. Human beings, society and nature often is about finding consensus, loving the same things (like, uh, SC?) and living together in a social group. Being special is harder imho than being normal. I can highly recommend Jon Lajoie "Regular everyday normal guy". YouTube Link | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
Maybe the end of professional BW is a good thing and I will become successful thanks to that. | ||
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mcc
Czech Republic4646 Posts
On June 11 2012 22:02 Schaudenfraud wrote: Humans are the Grandmaster's League of mother nature. They ARE the GM league of Earth. That's like saying "Most GM players are special, does that make being special not special?" and the answer to that is no because there are other lame animals like turkeys who aren't even in our league. Looks pretty special to me. People are on the tail end of the bell curve. Humans are about as special in the animal kingdom as turkeys. | ||
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4367 Posts
Telling kids they are special and can do anything they want hasn't really helped them , since most end up wanting to work in the media, become an artist or be a rock star.It shouldn't be up to the taxpayer to pay their unemployment cheque when they can't find work after graduating from college with a 50,000 loan and a degree in art history. | ||
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Rob28
Canada705 Posts
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