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I could probably copy OPs thoughts, to describe trying to learn to play the guitar. Comparing to entrepreneurship, which feels natural and is something I am re
by freediver 4y ago
I could probably copy OPs thoughts, to describe trying to learn to play the guitar.
Comparing to entrepreneurship, which feels natural and is something I am reasonably good at, I just could never manage to get past the very minimal abilty to play the guitar. For the past several years I took private lessons, watched YouTube videos, practised and still I sucked. The fact that I enjoy doing it and am ready to invest time into it still didn't help.
Same can be said for my chess skills. Chess is probably the game I play the most and have probably put thousands of hours into it. Still, my elo rating is around 1,500 and has been stuck there for years. One would imagine that I would get better at it with so much time and energy invested, but not.
It feels like it was not meant to be. And the reason it does in both these cases is that there are other things I enjoy more, like being an entrepreneur and being a dad. One can't do everything, and natural affinity and other circumstances will lead everyone down different paths.
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- mijustin 4y agoI don’t think “learning to play the guitar” and “becoming a successful entrepreneur” are equivalent. Statistically, entrepreneurship has a high failure rate because it’s incredibly demanding, and the path to success isn’t linear.
- freediver 4y agoInterestingly in mind they are. I believe that becoming a successful guitar player is just as hard as becoming a successful entrepreneur, swimmer or a chess player. Does it appear to be that the number of successful people in the world in each of these 4 is roughly the same?