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EGK's avatar

Interesting take!

And i think its a very good way to think "most of the time".

But i also do find, at least for myself, to look at myself honestly and say... What am I relatively bad at ? And what am I relatively better at than most people?

For example, i generally find im much more systematic and disciplined than others. And its this belief that has allowed me to jump into new areas relatively confident and be successful.

Whereas if i just said.. well im below avg in everything.. i probably wouldnt have taken that leap.

So thats the only case where i do think a bit of... "im better than most mofos at this specific thing" is a bit beneficial...

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

Good point! If we are really honest with ourselves I think we'd discover that the only way to be above average in anything is to be ok with being below average at most things.

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Rick Lewis's avatar

"I simply call it — being American." : )

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Arman Khodadoost's avatar

:)

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