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This works when asking someone else, but how about asking oneself? I try to come up with some objective metric. "I think I'm fast, how does my 50 yard dash co
by mathattack 13y ago
This works when asking someone else, but how about asking oneself?
I try to come up with some objective metric. "I think I'm fast, how does my 50 yard dash compare?" "I think I'm smart, how were my grades? And standardized test scores?" Even still, the smartest amongst us have the best ability to lie to ourselves. Everyone thinks they're in the top half, and most in the top quartile.
- cousin_it 13y agoIf the question is whether to drop everything and follow your passion, e.g. game development, you can ask yourself what will happen to the typical person who decides to follow that passion. The answer is obvious, they run out of money. Then you can try to adjust the starting conditions, and ask what happens to the typical person who decides to do gamedev while having a day job. The answer is again obvious, they stay afloat financially but fail to complete the game. And so on, you keep adjusting the starting conditions until you find a scenario that works for the typical person. This is similar to the startup advice saying "make a product that people would buy even if it wasn't very good".
- mathattack 13y agoIsn't the unfortunate ending that very little greatness is achieved by the mean or median person?