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by Gypsy

I don't think I would have the motivation to do over 10,000 hours of something without being paid for it. There needs to be some sort of reward, otherwise it's a lot like hard work, whereas I'm always looking for an easier way of doing something. Anything would be boring after that time, but maybe I just haven't found anything I enjoy enough yet. 

Given the nature of your posts I'd say that it's the latter: you just haven't found anything that you particularly enjoy just yet. You don't seem lacking in drive or dedication.

10,000 hours is honestly not as long as it sounds.

by Helena

Of the few people I've known who could categorically describe themselves as being "the best" in their fields, none of them actually claim (at least not in public) to be naturally better at their speciality than anyone else in that speciality. They all seem to have a passion and a drive for their speciality (and I do mean "speciality" in this sense. I know a lot of people who are good at a lot of things, but when a person is "the best" at something, that something tends to be restricted to one field or to a small range of related fields).

So, on balance, I'd say that if you want to make an impact on the world (or your community, or your family) you're going to have to select just one path to follow.

 Good response. 

This is amazing.

But I was more of a Karate Kid fan myself:

YouTube.com/watch?v=cr6dLC7BOLM

(Sorry, can't embed videos from mobile).

Are you in one of your first years of university studies? If so, your perspectives are pretty normal - at undergraduate level everyone is forced to endure certain topics that really aren't at all interesting to them. It gets better from your third year onwards.

I never actually was into Pokemon. I just thought of that theme because I've heard it so many times.

I've never seen Karate Kid either but it looks totally sweet!

Well yeah...I don't want to be the best at everything. There's not enough time for that. I was more musing that being naturally good at a bunch of things from a young age has made me lazy, which hinders progress in the areas I'd like to be 'expert' in. I do have a PhD, which came after 5 years of work that only passion can get you through. But maybe it's a kind of burnout? I feel incapable of putting that amount of effort into something again. 

But where does that get me? I succumb to my own laziness and stop striving for excellence? Being unfettered by the baser emotions is perfectly worthless if I don't use the time it frees up. So I guess that's good enough rationale to start working again.

Rambling done. I guess I've worked out my thoughts on this.

i am in second year. i am used to skipping classes i dont care about, then cheating. but its not that easy now. if i do drop out, i will definitely get back and pass everything thought, when i repeat.

and i dont brag about anything, because then i have to meet expectations and thats exhausting.

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I'd agree with that. I'm a very determined person and whatever I set my mind to I achieve, one way or another. The problem is that I've so far tended to focus on short-term goals, thinking in terms of months rather than years. But this is something I am trying to change.

by Spatial Mind

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 Spatial you weirdo!

Karate Kid is very homosexual!