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rehab_VET t1_j8h9yum wrote

Annnnnnnd I’ll go do another set of weights . Thank you good person of the internets

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soiramio3000 t1_j8hczi7 wrote

that's not always true.

if you are bad at what you are doing you can practice for years and still fail to improve.

I know from personal experience.

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EDIT:to clarify:I am mostly talking about competitive pokemon. I just can't improve on that since there aren't any STRAIGHTFORWARD videos and articles on the internet on team building.(except from that video grady cool made for sticky web teams, that was the one and only straightforward video I have ever watched).

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caoram t1_j8hfmvw wrote

Replace daily practice with money.

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Chambec t1_j8hnxv5 wrote

No orange juice no fire! Get that juuuice!

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Zech08 t1_j8hot6n wrote

thought this was going to be a physics joke.

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MithandirsGhost t1_j8hrufu wrote

Finally a get motivated that isn't some syrupy sweet pop psychology bullcrap.

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Sepidy t1_j8hs2c2 wrote

Awesome image. The biggest risk is not taking action.

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The_Real_ZerXceS t1_j8hsbul wrote

you need to pour molten metal through a metal ring to light a campfire. inaction means no metal rings

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AresAndy t1_j8huzhd wrote

Never heard of Wu Wei, eh?

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2351156 t1_j8hxon2 wrote

this picture is confusing. Took me time to get it.

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soiramio3000 t1_j8hygd8 wrote

it is not called insanity.

it is not my fault that there are almost zero STRAIGHTFORWARD videos and articles on the internet on how to make good teams in competitive pokemon.

I have only watched exactly one video that was actually straightforward.

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1stbaam t1_j8hz1cf wrote

Replace inaction with 12 hour shift.

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Joebiwan13 t1_j8hz7e7 wrote

What is happening in this picture 😂

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ehho t1_j8hz7h9 wrote

Thats not true. You can improve at anything.

You need to put more time and attention to what you are doing according to your limitations. Thats where good teachers and coaches come into play.

Its rarely a race. Often its a marathon.

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thaddeus423 t1_j8i1z18 wrote

Get that MOTHERFUCKING JUUUUUUUUUICE

I don’t feel good today.

I feel awful. I want to be unalive.

But I know I won’t always feel this way.

This too, shall pass.

All I can do is hope and pray every day. It’s out of my hands at this point.

So today, I’ll try and focus on the things that I can control.

I will try and obtain the juice, so that I may obtain the fire.

Lord knows I have limitless potential when properly loved and inspired.

Thank you, juice man.

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fAppstore t1_j8i36zn wrote

Just because someone can do it easier with money doesn't need you just wallow in self pity and do nothing. It's called get motivated, not find excuses to complain.

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1stbaam t1_j8i442c wrote

Motivation doesn't magic an extra hour in the day. It doesn't pay the bills. For people working 55 hour manual jobs to get by, no ammount of motivation allows them to pursue their potential in anything. Especially when most things cost money on top of that. Any sport, painting anything. Costs MONEY.

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fAppstore t1_j8i597l wrote

I'm sorry then but why the fuck are you even here if your only plan is to say "well I can't do ANYTHING ?" What are you trying to achieve by just playing the misery card ? What are you achieving by shitting on people trying to get motivated on get motivated exactly ? People realized that the 0th step is to stop blaming the world and try to do stuff within their own measures, not give up and be spiteful for 0 good measure, maybe rewatch the image and see how inaction from self pitying leads to no results

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TDA792 t1_j8i5ljb wrote

Oh god, I've been there. Trust me friend, its not worth the effort.

I played a lot of Pokémon Showdown (the online, unofficial browser-based competitive battling scene) back around gen6. It gave me an understanding of IVs and EVs, as well as the kind of movesets and types that are good for walls/stalling/trolling/tanking/etc etc.

But it was impossible - even though I played probably many thousands of games, my ranking never really increased. I got much better at predicting attack patterns, for example I could recognise that someone was going to bring out a mon and use a particular move, so I'd switch to a different Pokémon that would resist it. But if I wanted to climb, I had to restrict myself to using only a couple of different Pokémon, essentially abandoning using my favourites which I had been using up til then. I didn't want to do that, as it felt against the spirit of the game. So my rating remained stagnant.

I sort of fell off after gen7 and 8 were released, and have since gotten into Chess. Much more straightforward, everyone has the same pieces and it truly is about skill rather than team composition etc.. ...my rating has improved by several hundred points after about 6 months of consistent play.

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sneaky_squirrel t1_j8i5oqu wrote

You'd be surprised.

Feels like the exact opposite for me.

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Adam_2017 t1_j8i5wn7 wrote

“What is that thing sucking up the fire?” … Oh. NVM.

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1stbaam t1_j8i8v5w wrote

I'm not talking about me and I'm not shitting on anyone. There's just a lot of people detached from the scenario of the average person like you who make these tone death posts.

Go and ask an average worker what hobbies and passions they pursued as kids and why they dont do them now.

Answer will be money, money, money and time.

Go work a 12 hour manual shift and see how inclined you are to pick up your talent of swimming afterwards.

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inlinekid t1_j8ia9ke wrote

Ok so use tool to make it easier... Steroids!

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TRON0314 t1_j8iektz wrote

I'm not sure this person has used a magnifying glass before.

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Bland-fantasie t1_j8iemoz wrote

Oh thanks. Well then I’ll say sarcastically that this is a great life lesson/metaphor:

-No lens in the magnifying glass, so the tool is “broken.” Light isn’t refracted either; there is actually no lens.

-Doesn’t require practice to do it if you see or hear about it once.

-Extremely minimal effort to light the fire if you have a functioning version of this tool.

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Dan-D-Lyon t1_j8iewcn wrote

Oh, that's a magnifying glass. I spent too long trying to figure out how the artist thought fire worked

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PipIV t1_j8if0nn wrote

Come on bro not on Valentine's.
I'm too scared

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phlegmatic_aversion t1_j8ifihk wrote

This reminds me of a quote I read once that said something like "Luck is opportunity meets preparedness".

Everyone gets many opportunities in life, if you aren't prepared to take advantage of them, it results in nothing. Create your own luck; prepare to seize your opportunities.

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senorbozz t1_j8ifiou wrote

Well if the sun starts melting I'm definitely skipping the gym that day

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Zyrr2 t1_j8igcj0 wrote

There is a glass, look closely. I don't think it's bad either.

Focus your potential (with whatever tool works for you) on something to get a result. Or don't focus it and get no results.

I can relate.

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lashapel t1_j8ij2ce wrote

that's supposed to be the sun rays going through magnifying glass ?

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AlwaysLosingAtLife t1_j8ijd9y wrote

Except for a lot of americans: you can be the hardest working magnifying glass, magnify the sun's rays for 12-16 hours a day for years, and still fail to start that fire. In the end, everyone will say you're just lazy and don't work hard because the ends define the means.

Hard work isn't worth it anymore.

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Lostmyfnusername t1_j8inhy9 wrote

Replace daily patience with focus, add glass to the magnifying glass, and make the orange juice look more like light.

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SuspiciousCrow888 t1_j8io277 wrote

Don’t forget! Work and action include thinking about how to start the fire, looking for a magnifying glass, and making mistakes (not enough sunlight, wet wood, etc). Be proud of all your hard work, not just the desired result!!

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ChewsGoose t1_j8ioacz wrote

It's true, just remember that not all skills translate, I've been practicing my love making solo for years, and am shite in the bed, I am however, quite popular at truck stops.

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Bob_the_peasant t1_j8ioao4 wrote

Me:

Eh, I’ll wait for a forest fire. Then also complain

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yourmentalhealthpal t1_j8ioeuq wrote

Indeed, having potential, talents, or abilities is not enough to achieve success or make progress in life. Without taking action and putting in the necessary work, these qualities are wasted and have no real value. Stay Motivated and Stay positive guys.!! 🙌

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Arijan101 t1_j8ipbxn wrote

So the final result is entropy in both cases, the difference is that it will come sooner in the 1st case.

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ADHDCuriosity t1_j8ipm6e wrote

Mine's built more like a solar collector. In a valley. In the Arctic.

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Trumpswells t1_j8irfza wrote

Potential magnified by daily practice equals results. Said another way: Hard work pays off.

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dogfighthero t1_j8irvy2 wrote

I came here to get motivated but all I got was a stroke trying to understand this picture

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paulstelian97 t1_j8isgvf wrote

You won't be the best but if you properly practice anything, even out of your league, you won't be terrible either.

It's a difference between whether others outclass you or you outclass others. If you put in the work, you can do anything at some level.

Sure, you want to find out what you can do best and work to get to said best. But not everyone is lucky enough, some just need to take what they can do and optimize that.

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Threezeley t1_j8ivgnm wrote

I love this subreddit because it rarely makes any sense lol

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PaullT2 t1_j8iwyob wrote

I like how they used solar energy to portray potential when potential energy was right there.

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MeowMix1984 t1_j8ix1vh wrote

Wouldn't "focus" be more appropriate for this image rather than "practice"?

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soiramio3000 t1_j8ixjet wrote

I am playing competitve pokemon in pokemonshowdown for over a year and I suck and I cannot improve because there are not any STRAIGHTFORWARD videos or articles on the internet on how to built a team.

(except from EXACTLY ONE video that was only about building a sticky web team.).

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e_pi314 t1_j8iykgx wrote

I always say, knowledge is not power. It’s only potential until you use it.

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Devlarski t1_j8j2oqk wrote

Yeah but if you got A LOT of potential and no action with no rain for a long enough time you get an even bigger fire

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Munsu9 t1_j8j5aod wrote

Please do not give anyone advice. Thank you.

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SixGeckos t1_j8j5du7 wrote

There’s plenty of people without these constraints and there’s always ways to shoot down these positive messages. Leave the subreddit if you always have excuses

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caoram t1_j8j6fnk wrote

You see that big ball of potential? Not everyone has it, you don't end up gambling your savings away on lottery tickets if you had any real skills to handle money.

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nicoisthebestdog t1_j8j6rco wrote

Intelligence without motivation get you the same place as a art degree. Barista at a Starbucks.

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Ninjasifi t1_j8j6yhe wrote

And here, we can basically see growth mindset vs. fixed mindset.

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tots4scott t1_j8j7q94 wrote

Yeah but you're adding a lot to the image. All it says is inaction and daily practice.

There's a million decent image metaphors out there and this is not one of them.

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zoroddesign t1_j8jadbs wrote

This is extremely true. even if you take one small action every day towards your goal, in no time you will make massive progress.

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tokachevsky t1_j8jbhtb wrote

One of the best advice I heard is to not tell someone he/she is smart, but rather say "you're a hard worker", especially to a child. Telling someone he or she is smart subconsciously tells the person they don't need to work hard then, if talent and smartness comes natural without putting an ounce of effort. By telling someone they're hard worker instead, it makes the person think that to keep up, they must keep practicing! I wish someone told me otherwise that when I was younger!

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pepsisugar t1_j8jiuzy wrote

I like this picture a lot. It basically says that whoever drew this image should do more daily practice.

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stpetepatsfan t1_j8jj9ck wrote

Better:. Sun = practice then glass to fore Right = black sun is no practice, below is no fire .

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whatisitaboutmusic t1_j8jk7jw wrote

All action without potential, or better put, intention is worthless too

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HalflingMelody t1_j8jl1ff wrote

Why is an orange pouring into a fire? And where have the left orange's extra sesame seeds gone?

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soiramio3000 t1_j8jozxg wrote

Ask what exactly?

If you are talking about the "rate my team"posts they are useless, they are mostly ignored and when people respond to them they give advice that benefits the team very little.

If I ask for team building tips in general then they will jist tell me to watch a video or read an article.

Someone just yesterday told me in the smogon forums that "Teambuilding is a skill you build upon through experience and metagame knowledge. Its simply practice on what you want to build around, your offensive/defensive cores, pivots, hazards, etc."

This info is not helpful at all.

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Macarthius t1_j8jpcyl wrote

Ehh I feel like the "daily" part often leads to more demotivation than motivation. Life happens, other things take your attention, and some days you may not have the energy to do whatever it is- so you either have to force yourself in a non-productive way or miss a day then stress about "catching up"

The hardest part is starting but after that it's dedication. That doesn't necessarily mean doing it every day or sticking to a certain routine. It means you keep trying even when things don't go to plan.

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soiramio3000 t1_j8jr8q1 wrote

There aren't any videos or articles that help you. I looked it up.

They are all giving you surface level information like what a wallbreak and a revenge killer is and what then they expect you to figure out everything on your own.

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ehho t1_j8jtldc wrote

I don't know anything about that game in particular so what i say may or may not apply.

They say that you need 10.000 hours of practice to master something. Anything. 10.000 hours is roughly 10 years.

I played league of legends and chess for that amount of time and still sucked. The reason i didn't improve is because when they say practice, they mean hard work, which is different than just playing around.

When i wanted to improve i spent more time analying my games, finding mistakes teying to figure out to fix them for the next time. Only when i had no solution i googled wuat othera did in that specific example. Another thing i did was look for chess and LoL guides, video explanations, spent 30-60minus practicing specific skills i lacked. I more about games itself, read ever patch of LoL, general important things about stages of the game, general strategies,... Lastly, i found a communities, played with them, exchanged advice and references, asked for tips,...

I did slowly but consistently get better, however, peronally, it took out all the fun out of the game and i don't have ambitions of becoming a pro player. So i stopped practicing and just continued playing for fun.amd with that, my progress also stopped.

I believe that all pros spent a lot of time practicing hard, and if you want to stay competitive you need to not only beat them in practice, but also find an edge anywhere you can.

I don't know if this reply is useful to you but i wish you find a way to break the plateau and continue growing as a player.

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Electronic_Skirt_475 t1_j8jwngb wrote

Nah fuck this, idc that this is a get motivated sub. As a (former) burnt out gifted and talented kid (im an adult now) let me say that work isnt always worth it even if you have potential. It is okay and entitely valid for anyone to just...exist. you dont judge a rose for not growing longer or being bigger even when it could be, you just delight in the knowlege that is is there, and just its existance brings beauty into your life

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Rokketeer t1_j8k0czx wrote

They’re just venting man. I was in the same boat as the comment OP for years until I had the opportunity to quit and go back to school. Not everyone can be as fortunate, sadly.

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JTXUS t1_j8k1bv0 wrote

For a sub called Get Motivated, every time I go into the comments, half of the people are giving reasons why not to be motivated.

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jarvis01123 t1_j8k3wr3 wrote

While you may already give warmth and light to the entire solar system, you could also burn a small amount of dead trees if you only had a magnifying glass.

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NeoHolyRomanEmpire t1_j8k3xnl wrote

I wish the person who made this meme would practice not using symbolic relationships as causation in the real world

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Morgoba t1_j8k72uz wrote

Assuming there's potential to begin with

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rcn2 t1_j8k8q5w wrote

You should use a funnel in the ring clamp. Not just a ring clamp. The ring clamp does nothing in this instance.

Also, nuclear fusion and/or plasma would turn your results into atomic ash.

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GreenTheHero t1_j8kg5bn wrote

You don't need daily practice to know a magnifying glass under the sun can start fires, this is public knowledge, who the fuck is practicing that.

Also, it's be much more efficient and reasonable to just use a lighter, alternatively

if you wanted to attempt to make this imagery work, starting a fire with wood rubbing would be extremely inefficient, however extremely practical in survival situations. Because it's inefficient, it takes practice to get good at it.

No need to thank me

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puslekat t1_j8kh20v wrote

These are getting kinda stupid..

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SaveMyButthole t1_j8ki0uj wrote

I (44yo) started playing the guitar 5 days ago. I practice about 30 min to an hour a day. I can now play 6 notes and two chords by reading sheet music. I also learned how to read guitar tabs. I can now play the opening to Flutes of the Chi (Ween). My goal is to learn 6 (minimum) Ween songs every year.

It’s been fun so far but my finger tips are fucking wrecked lol.

If anyone likes Ween and plays guitar I made a tab book because you can’t actually buy one anywhere. I’m happy to email it for free. If you wanna kick me a few bucks that’s cool too but I don’t expect anything. It’s about 100 songs. DM me your email if you want them. Happy to share the love. Hail Boognish!

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Jeggasyn t1_j8ki5f3 wrote

In my life, I'm the magnifying glass and it's permanently night-time.

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joomla00 t1_j8kmckp wrote

I don't know anything about competitive Pokemon but based in what you said, you clearly have a problem with team building. Your practice at the moment may be developing and testing techniques to optimize for team building.

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pensy t1_j8kn6xx wrote

This is Christianity. Through action one achieve results. Hard work guarantees the Lord's pleasure

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DaveInDigital t1_j8l31wf wrote

and half the people around will clap and cheer, telling everybody that he made that fire all by himself, the self-made genius of our time, and anybody saying otherwise is just poor, jealous, and lazy

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DaveInDigital t1_j8l3ixt wrote

> What are you achieving by shitting on people trying to get motivated on get motivated exactly ?

mostly laughing at how cringe it is. JUST TRYIN'A GET MOTIVATED, BETTER CHECK OUT THE MOTIVATION POSTERS!

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DaveInDigital t1_j8l3sbs wrote

in fairness, that wood on the right can absolutely light up without any direct action at all.

source: Californian

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JRYeh t1_j8l4zlh wrote

But I’d also like to add a person who may start his own fire by own skill, perhaps a bit of talent and a bit of better tool

But his success still ignored because he’s not “underdog” enough

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RoosterBrewster t1_j8leioh wrote

Yep, it's all about deliberate practice. I hear some people at the gym say they'll never be able to look like some top bodybuilders. So they just half-ass their workout and never improve. They may not have won the genetic lottery plus steroids, but they discount the tremendous effort put in to get there.

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PhilipXD3 t1_j8leqz1 wrote

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

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wirecats t1_j8lh2f8 wrote

False. The sun keeps me warm and gives me light. Not useless

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VolvicApfel t1_j8ljsh2 wrote

Thats what the shooter thought too. 😅

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Henrychinaskismom1 t1_j8lnp2o wrote

I need to make a plan. A routine. Ideas come out at random. No order to my day. Work blends into doing house work back to working totally distracted. Oof.

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MustFixWhatIsBroken t1_j8lv7h4 wrote

I think the biggest issue is working without potential, being at action without purpose.

There's a great many people hard at work so they don't have to think or feel anything.

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Marcu3s t1_j8lwlfd wrote

That's one big ass campfire site.

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soiramio3000 t1_j8mjq7q wrote

>Your practice at the moment may be developing and testing techniques to optimize for team building.

Hm?what? Are you talking about what I am currently doing or what you believe that I should be doing?

You may want to rephrase that part.

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Mat1c444 t1_j8n2ux0 wrote

So if i train hard enough i can become an arsonist

Got it

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1stbaam t1_j8n72tk wrote

Have you ever been in that situation? Do you think you could do an hours studying each day after that amount of work?

Not saying you couldn't but I feel that goes beyond motivation. That person is driven by something.

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moxinghbian t1_j8nfn7u wrote

The wood grew to be fire wood using that “potential” for the past 20 years, consistently.

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frankie0694 t1_j8nh2nv wrote

That’s great, but can you draw when I can find the motivation??

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