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Not sure you even read the piece. OP doesn’t link assuming that you’re below average with being below average, but rather being more humble in the way we approa

• kstenerud 6y ago
  The piece starts by running off statistics about everyone who has been wrong about being exceptional. Basically "Don't bother; by all wagers you're at best average." It then settles into the comfortable safety of "I'll just assume I'm average." No guts, no glory. Even worse, those statistics are basically about believing without evidence. Talents produce evidence when exercised (provided you're ready to recognize them). If something comes easier to you, you focus and push harder, seeing how far it can go. But you have to believe that you can or else you won't put your full weight behind it. Man's greatest asset and his greatest enemy is his mindset. The lucky talented just know in their bones that they are. For the rest, your mindset determines the success of your talents, and that mindset takes work to maintain.