I take issue with the idea (if I read it correctly) that if we all settle for good enough then society will be a better place. This would imply that there are no excellence to entertain, achieve, create, design. Maybe I'm missing something here.
IMO, inside every person is an inherent desire to be the best
they can be.
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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
Good-enough implies that your settled. I think we all do in some ways.
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THAT is the ultimate success. If you "have it all" and aren't happy then you have nothing. If you are happy being just average then you have succeeded.
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Originally Posted by madcorgi
But your point is valid: all that would still have gotten him nothing had he not put in the effort.
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For a change, we agree.
Talent without effort or, effort without talent, will not elevate someone to elite level of whatever they want to achieve. I am the highest paid salesperson in an office of hundreds because I have spent the last 37 years always looking for ways to get better. Some is natural talent but I sucked when I got started until I honed those talents.
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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
I was born white, male, and in a double wide, still waiting on my white privilege! The ignorance of people never ceases to amaze me.....  |
Thank you. I would have gotten a ton of college grants if I was a black female.
This may not be popular here but I have a few quotes I like:
-I you aren't the lead dog, the view never changes.
-If winning isn't everything, why do they keep score? - Vince Lombardi
-Nothing will work unless you do. - Maya Angelou
-I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying. - Michael Jordan
and best for last
-For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (author omitted for this forum)