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Being very bad at something means that you will work through it without ego. You haven't yet attached your self worth to the thing, so you don't care how you a
by colordrops 5y ago
Being very bad at something means that you will work through it without ego. You haven't yet attached your self worth to the thing, so you don't care how you are perceived at doing the thing.
I struggled so much studying computer science in college just because I was afraid of looking like I didn't know something, instead of realizing that I was supposed to not know these things because I never encountered them before.
I took some biology courses for fun, and easily got the top grades in the class because I had no attachment to the result or subject matter.
- tayo42 5y agoThis is interesting because I feel the exact opposite is true. I suck at most things that I guess aren't really my regular hobbies. I also don't feel a need to try hard at them. Like I just skateboard for fun, its not a thing I really identify with, I'm definitely not progressing much at it. The things I do regularly, like if you asked me "what do you do" I work harder at it, it sucks to suck at the things you like to do. That's motivation for me. I guess I'm surprised in the case of your computer science you wouldn't find that motivating
- colordrops 5y agoThis was 25 years ago. I've long ago made the shift more to your line of thinking and motivation.