payed my Dues
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You just might get a couple differing opinions on this one. Entitlement is alive and well, and well, you may have just
I'm PAYING mine.
I do indeed feel like there is a certain amount of struggle, suffering, and yes payment to be made. I pay mine by being the hey boy for a slew of great players. By practicing racking with some greats. By being beaten both emotionaly mentaly and physicly. By coming back to this mystical green table for more punishment. By playing hours and hours and hours until my hands hurt and then playing more.:grin-square:
By helping others improve there game. by helping the industry. By networking to the farthest reaches of my ability.
All this for hoping that one day I will have payed my dues.:wink:
I cant stand those other guys that feel like there rights equal others rights and get upset when other people dont give them the RESPECT they feel they diserve as people.
Well Im sorry son you may be 30 but your still a boy in here.
I do indeed feel like there is a certain amount of struggle, suffering, and yes payment to be made. I pay mine by being the hey boy for a slew of great players. By practicing racking with some greats. By being beaten both emotionaly mentaly and physicly. By coming back to this mystical green table for more punishment. By playing hours and hours and hours until my hands hurt and then playing more.:grin-square:
By helping others improve there game. by helping the industry. By networking to the farthest reaches of my ability.
All this for hoping that one day I will have payed my dues.:wink:
I cant stand those other guys that feel like there rights equal others rights and get upset when other people dont give them the RESPECT they feel they diserve as people.
Well Im sorry son you may be 30 but your still a boy in here.
By paying your dues, what might that entitle you to, besides a little respect?
I do indeed feel like there is a certain amount of struggle, suffering, and yes payment to be made. I pay mine by being the hey boy for a slew of great players. By practicing racking with some greats. By being beaten both emotionaly mentaly and physicly. By coming back to this mystical green table for more punishment. By playing hours and hours and hours until my hands hurt and then playing more.:grin-square:
By helping others improve there game. by helping the industry. By networking to the farthest reaches of my ability.
All this for hoping that one day I will have payed my dues.:wink:
I cant stand those other guys that feel like there rights equal others rights and get upset when other people dont give them the RESPECT they feel they diserve as people.
Well Im sorry son you may be 30 but your still a boy in here.
I gotta start off by saying this, I apologize for anyone I might offend. The past-tense of "pay" is "paid".
To pay your dues simply means to put in the work needed to achieve your goal. Oftentimes, it means the person put in more work than usual to achieve their goals. The only time the statement is used in the negative is when someone has not achieved their goals (ie., "You lost because you haven't paid your dues."). It is never used for a successful beginner (ie., "Wow, this person is amazing and they haven't paid their dues yet!").
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pay+dues
(amazingly, I wrote this before I looked it up)
To pay your dues simply means to put in the work needed to achieve your goal. Oftentimes, it means the person put in more work than usual to achieve their goals. The only time the statement is used in the negative is when someone has not achieved their goals (ie., "You lost because you haven't paid your dues."). It is never used for a successful beginner (ie., "Wow, this person is amazing and they haven't paid their dues yet!").
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pay+dues
(amazingly, I wrote this before I looked it up)
ive never thought of "paying your dues" as entitlements, but rather you get beat and learn lessons that make you a better player. The better players have a competitive spirit where losing improves them, the lesser players tend to accept defeat in a less driven manner.
All the good players endured many loses before they learned to win.
All the good players endured many loses before they learned to win.
I still show all payments remain outstanding from all you bums.
Send cash immediately.
Send cash immediately.
You can become a decent player in a short period of time. But... to get to be a real player, you pay your dues by competing against better players. Not by beating lambs. Then, to be a true player, you start knocking off some of those better players. Once you've reached your potential, you'll know. You won't admit it, but you'll know. Or, you must hit the road or tournament trail full time if you've "maxed out" in your neck of the woods.
Take $500 and hit the road for a week. If you can make it without wiring for more money, or selling your sh#$, you've hit a pretty damn good level.
Take $500 and hit the road for a week. If you can make it without wiring for more money, or selling your sh#$, you've hit a pretty damn good level.
Your first sentence contains a comma splice.
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Im not very smart but i am honest.....
Ah, I look forward to the day when comma splices are the worst offenses here.
All very true! Now the internet generation wants to learn everything for free and no one will bet a nickel. People ask me all the time how Bartram got so good. Well, he picked guys that played better than him, then washed dishes at a restaurant and went and played the guys until he was dead empty and then washed more dishes... I did the same playing golf in high school and then later when I started playing pool. No one does that anymore, at least not here in Cowtown.
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I don't think the concept of "having paid one's dues" involves any implication of entitlement; I think only the converse is true; if you haven't paid your dues, you should not expect too much. This does not imply that if you have paid your dues, the world owes you some sort of success.
-Andrew