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Originally Posted by motion
Interesting that you interpret my post as being about money, and not personal achievement.
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No, I interpreted it as being about competing. Which it was. You mention motorcycle racing, tenth of a second, etc... I could not give a rat's ass about that stuff. Makes me miserable to think about.
The key to life is to know one's self and not try to live someone else's life. Be true to yourself. If racing a bike around in a circle makes you happy, (or whatever else you choose to do), then do it but do not assume that others who don't share your motivations in life are mediocre. They might just care about completely different things.
The variations in human beings and their motivations, however slight in the overall picture, are what keeps life from being unbearably boring. I'm definitely in the minority in the way that I think about achievement, as well as a lot of other things, I've always looked upon the way that most people live their lives and scratched my head. I care nothing about the traditional meaning of a "career", I also have some genetic aversion to conventionality and behaving like pre-programmed robot in this life.
Whatever makes you happy. Am I happy at all times? Of course not. But I would be suicidal playing the game I see most people play.
