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by steven777400
4123 days ago
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The thing is, there are definitely different levels of persistence required and that's obvious to most people who struggle. When I was school, I almost never studied, and even skipped class with some regularity. Still got good grades. It just wasn't hard. It didn't take persistence. Fast forward. Now my wife is in school and she studies like crazy hours every day and still doesn't absorb the material well. It takes her tremendous persistence and she is frustrated by people in her class who, like me, could just roll in having glanced over the material and do well. That said, I agree with the meat of the article. I used to say "I'm not smart enough" to do things like work at "Big Software Corp" or invent novel algorithms, etc. Now I'm more honest and I'll admit "I'm too lazy" to do those things. |
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I used to think that too. "I'm just too lazy". But in comparison to what? The protestant work ethic? Are you really "too lazy" or is it just that you're happy with who you are but like everyone else are still bullied by societal pressure into feeling guilty for not wanting "more" or having more ambitions?