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If they are windsurfing for someone else, probably... But it doesn't seem like top pro athletes and olympians procrastinate. They are intrinsically driven.
by Reedx 7y ago
If they are windsurfing for someone else, probably...
But it doesn't seem like top pro athletes and olympians procrastinate. They are intrinsically driven.
- quickthrower2 7y agoSome selection bias there. People who procrastinate at stuff don’t become olympians, I’d guess.
- hinkley 7y agoSurvivor bias for sure. Lots of parents would rather have a happy child than a gold medal. Once the kid is miserable it becomes a hobby.
- suprfnk 7y ago> But it doesn't seem like top pro athletes and olympians procrastinate. I don't think you can become a top pro athlete or olympian if you're not the fraction of a fraction of the world's population with immense intrinsic motivation, passion, ambition, and drive -- so this seems like survivorship bias.
- hinkley 7y agoAnd your coaches are the fraction of a fraction of the world’s hardest hard-asses. There’s a lot of external motivation there as well. That’s three people doing a tremendous amount of work to avoid one of them crying in the corner.