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> In defense of the average guy, not everyone can go out and do great things, otherwise those things wouldn't be considered great anymore. I incredibly, firmly
by lionhearted 17y ago
> In defense of the average guy, not everyone can go out and do great things, otherwise those things wouldn't be considered great anymore.
I incredibly, firmly disagree with this. The average person actualizes maybe - maybe 3% of their potential. It's possible for almost anyone to reach high level domain mastery in at least 2-3 fields in their lifetime, and make a at least a couple profound contributions in those fields. There's some hard tradeoffs involved, but it's something that almost anyone is capable of if they want it.
- chrischen 17y agoOk let me restate that, because that was not what I meant to say. What I meant to say was that if everyone went out and achieved 100% of their potential, it wouldn't be impressive anymore. We all have the potential to achieve roughly equal results, but what stops most of us is desire and persistance.