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>> Anyone can probably reach the top 5% in most non-athletic areas given enough time. > At any given time, only the 5% of the population can reach the top 5% i
by jcoffland 8y ago
>> Anyone can probably reach the top 5% in most non-athletic areas given enough time.
> At any given time, only the 5% of the population can reach the top 5% in any area.
I believe the GP is saying you can be in the top 5% of a chosen field, if you try, because other people are pursuing other things. So 100% of the population could be in the top 5% of something.
- achillesheels 8y agoI strongly agree with this. So much antagonism in society, however, arises when people aim for the wrong 5%, e.g. a 5’6 basketball player aiming to make the NBA. Now, such a baller is more directly confronted with his low outcome, but most of the world is not so apparent with people’s preconceived objectives which are often ego-emergent. This is where I find deep meaning in the Cervantes quote, “The road is always better than the inn.” Accepting the outcome of the admixture of own’s controllable action and the infinitely greater uncontrollable action of the world as positive can go a long way to a kind of stoic peace and ultimately happiness with one’s worldly produce.