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by darkerside 2725 days ago
This attitude may be technically correct, but it's not very productive. Why emphasize your own lack of control over your life? It's certainly possible for it to become a self-fulfilling prophecy, even if the inverse is not true.
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Not productive in what sense? Knowing your limits let's you focus your energy in other ways and areas
That's great advice. Especially if you get specific about the other ways and areas one an focus on. But what parent post said was, you'll never be a billionaire or literally Jackie Chan, so don't try. Seems (to me) like a waste of mental energy to even process that.
No I did not say that you shouldn't try, but that doing what they do, don't expect that you will be them. It is cargo culting success