06-07-2015, 11:33 AM
(06-07-2015, 11:26 AM)Surge Wrote:(06-07-2015, 11:09 AM)Segolia Wrote: If you really feel that way I don't think anything I'm going to say is going to convince you otherwise. Hell, real world example - coming out of highschool I failed physics. I mean, I straight up failed, not didn't do well by my standards, I literally failed. You think at that point I would have thought I could actually do well at physics? That I could actually do any better than that? No. Well, I then went on to earn a distinction (nearly a high distinction) in the introductory physics course in my degree which covered harder content in a much shorter timespan.
Sure, it's not going to win any awards, I'm not going to become some pHD theoretical physicist any time soon but I went from failing to a pretty respectable result, one that a lot of people would be quite happy with.
That's not the result of some mystical latent ability or talent - it's because I applied myself and became better through effort. It's something that anyone can do, you just have to actually go out and do it.
Well everyone has to start and end somewhere, we can't all go out and be the next albert einstein through sheer willpower, we all peak somewhere, I've just peaked lower than where some people have started. There's no point in stressing over it anymore.
you should really read Prequel: how to make a cat cry, the adventure.
"my best just turns out to be slightly worse than everyone else's average"
http://www.prequeladventure.com/2011/03/prequel-begin/