Would you rather be...

This doesnt exactly answer your question but Im just saying... I would rather be the pool, poke her, and pain champion of the world, rather than be able to play world class pool with no fight or seduction capabilities.


I will also say here that C.J. gets my respect... he has the ppp plus business skills on top of that.
 
Just as an insurance policy I'd rather be good at lots of things. What happens to a great basketball player who has a career-ending knee injury?
 
Good at a lot of different things as it is more interesting to do different things over long time periods. Plus, even if you are among the best at something, the next generation always will come along and knock you off the perch.
 
I started playing pool on a regular basis (once a week) later in life...after having done other things for recreation. I'm 71 now, kind of fell into pool because for one reason (mostly medical) I quit doing more physical activities. I really am just a recreational banger...run a rack on rare occasions.

Never did make one thing my entire life. This meant I'd never reach a top level in any of them.

I have no regrets about that.
 
The more rewarding option

peppersauce said:
...good at a lot of things or great at only one thing? Here is the catch...if you choose the latter, you have no control over what you're great at. You might not like it.

The reason I ask is I was having a conversation with a friend about a well known pro player buddy of his. I told my friend it didn't seem like the pro player's elevator goes all the way to the top and he asked me if I had ever had a conversation with him. I said no, I was just basing my comments on interviews I've seen. My buddy said, "Well let me put it this way...it's a good thing he's a great player because he doesn't have the capacity do anything else."

It just got me wondering what others would choose if you were able to. What do you think?
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You do what your passion is many times but the more rewarding option in my opinion is learn a trade, skill or achieve education in a field and have your pool and eat it too.
 
I'd rather be a world class yodeler. At a very young age I was greatly influenced by Slim Whitman. To this day I get goose bumps listening to him sing, "That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine." :crying:
 
peppersauce said:
What if all you ever wanted to do was yodel, but you were born with an innate gift for cross stitch? Not only that, you weren't good at anything else. You don't like to cross stitch but you're great at it...one of the best. You're an artist with your needle and thread and you're getting by but cross stitch competitions and teaching others to cross stitch really doesn't do it for you. Do you continue doing, and disliking, what you're great at? Or do you live a life of mediocrity as a horrible, but happy, yodeler? :wink:
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The way I've been feeling lately, pepper, I'd just as soon give up yodeling, and cross stitching, and start doing the one thing I was truly born to do. Cat juggling!
Unfortunately cat juggling is illegal in the U.S. :smile:
 
like most people, I'm good at several things, but not great at any.

however, I vote for being great at one thing. My sister is/was Olympic level at her sport, and although some might say she is "one dimensional" she has more fame and satisfaction for being great at one thing...
 
peppersauce said:
...good at a lot of things or great at only one thing? Here is the catch...if you choose the latter, you have no control over what you're great at. You might not like it.

The reason I ask is I was having a conversation with a friend about a well known pro player buddy of his. I told my friend it didn't seem like the pro player's elevator goes all the way to the top and he asked me if I had ever had a conversation with him. I said no, I was just basing my comments on interviews I've seen. My buddy said, "Well let me put it this way...it's a good thing he's a great player because he doesn't have the capacity do anything else."

It just got me wondering what others would choose if you were able to. What do you think?
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I work with computers, and I'm good or have a passing knowledge of a lot of areas, that helps me a lot more to be better at my job than having a very deep knowledge of one topic since I can understand several areas where an issue may be coming from and at least pass on the info to someone that specializes in an area I think the issue is from.

Many techs I work with are limited to just working with computers, not network or database or video technology, so they are stuck with wasting time looking for a solution where I can at least narrow it down and then work from there and get help if I need it.

I'd pick good at several things, especially if I can't pick what I would be excellent at.
 
Since I didn't get a choice ... Ok at everything (pretty much) but never found my "spot" in the limelight, so to speak.
Too many interesting things...too short a life.


* wish I had started this crap earlier *
 
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