EPTYou're Not Special - Page 7
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IrOnKaL
United States340 Posts
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kochanfe
Micronesia1338 Posts
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adwodon
United Kingdom592 Posts
The conclusion we came to is that it's not a win win situation, however what we decided is that overall it is beneficial. One thing she said that me and my sister had over her and her siblings was confidence, we aren't afraid to stand out and do our own thing, whereas at her age she faced similar issues, but due to her upbrining didn't have the confidence initially to do certain things and had to work a great deal to get that confidence. The downside is obvious though, theres a fine line between confidence and arrogance, and one thing the world does not really tolerate so well is arrogance, confidence is fantastic, but lacking the talent to back up your confidence is a massive flaw. I could consider myself lucky in this respect, I'm from a very intelligent family and would consider myself fairly bright, and one thing this has done for me is allow me confidence within limits. I am confident I can perform well at a task for instance, but I fully expect, and often embrace failure as part of the path to succeeding, and even if I outright fail I know that I have talents elsewhere (for instance I did a physics degree at a top school, I didn't do so well, but along the way I found a passion for programming, it was too late to switch but its not something I regret at all). The real world is a big scary place, I still often feel like a drop in the ocean at times, and theres a conflict between my rational side and an irrational confidence, I guess you could say arrogance, which sometimes make me feel like I deserve better than where I am. Nonsense really, I don't deserve anything, noone does really. It's also a sociaital thing, in the last few decades the idea of failure really has lost its edge, the government will provide you with food and shelter should worst come to worst and many people spend so much thought engrossed in the success of others (celebrity culture). I could talk about this all day but for now I'll leave it at that, its a complicated issue, one which I suspect will be debated by sociology majors for a long time to come. What I like about this kind of thing though is it adds a pleasing level of complexity to our existance, it goes to show that there really is no right answer, merely options with pros and cons and all we can really do is hope we land on one with more pros than cons and stick with it. | ||
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ravemir
Portugal595 Posts
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Maenander
Germany4923 Posts
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DevilofDeath
United States73 Posts
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jungsu
United States279 Posts
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Roe
Canada6002 Posts
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Superouman
France2195 Posts
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BearStorm
United States795 Posts
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theniceninja
United States30 Posts
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Diizzy
United States828 Posts
On June 10 2012 06:33 sOda~ wrote: im special bahahahhaha | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
sounds like he has a bit of an inferiority complex going on there. | ||
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Silidons
United States2813 Posts
On June 11 2012 23:51 Rob28 wrote: A more accurate statement would be "Nobody is special, but everybody has potential". maybe most people born in a 1st world country. not everyone. | ||
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MayorITC
Korea (South)798 Posts
On June 10 2012 05:26 Yoshi- wrote: So a guy which only success is being the brother of a successful person is teaching us how to be successful? He's reached self-actualization - he loves his job and he feels driven to do it well. I think that satisfies the most generic definition of success. Or at the very least, it fulfills his definition. You're measuring success by fame which is the exact thing he was warning people about. Don't do things for the accolades, but for the sake of doing them. | ||
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Clarity_nl
Netherlands6826 Posts
On June 12 2012 03:35 Silidons wrote: maybe most people born in a 1st world country. not everyone. People in third world countries have no potential? | ||
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