When you take on anything for some time, whether a job, hobby, sport, or some other activity, do you aspire to bring something to it that will change, expand, and/or improve it? I don’t necessarily mean anything revolutionary, even something noticeable to many. Just something you can lay claim to, or lay claim to independently if someone else had done the same thing obscurely. This is what I ultimately do in anything I take up, usually after I get some foundational understanding of the matter, like how things worked, how they came to be where they are now, what has been done and what is being done, what has not and why, etc. That’s when I ask myself this metaphorical quote of what will you bring to the game? Here are some of my modest answers so far:
Author: Digital Citizen
How Good You Are at Something is Far Less Important than What You Do with It
Do you know of anyone good at something, but who isn’t putting that skill to use as well as it could be? Are you good at anything that you’re not putting to the best use? I think if we thought hard, we would be able to find examples of both. Some who may not be so judgmental of others may be challenged to find examples in others, but I dare say if you couldn’t find examples for yourself, you should either think harder, or go get tested for a number of psychological disorders.
Many Jacks of Few Trades are Masters of None
In what top percentile of people who do something do you need to belong to be considered as a master at it? Top 1%? 10%? 25%? The smaller was your answer, the more people who do that thing can’t be a master at it. Among them, that will be the thing many do best so barring a few quirks in statistics, they won’t be a master at anything else, either.
Down is Not the Only Way to Go when at the Top
When you’ve been at the top of anything in rank, did you think down was the only way you could go from there? Do you think most champions, and people at the top of any level, in anything, think down is the only way they could go from there?
Heart Over Matter
Is grit and determination a matter of the mind or of the heart? That depends if you were answering scientifically metaphorically, socially, spiritually, or some other means.
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