No. Not everything. No matter how much time you have you will never run a 9.5 in the 100m. Just one example.
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" Like a blind man becoming a good critic of paintings. " That was the funniest thing I've heard all day.
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Good is relative, anyone can be good at anything in their own way.
Mentality goes a long way. I for example was the best in my class at a "beep test", when you run 20m back and forth.
And the only exercise I get is going down the stairs and going up the stairs.
But if bad is relative then maybe being better than them DOES make you good.
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Good is relative, anyone can be good at anything in their own way.
Mentality goes a long way. I for example was the best in my class at a "beep test", when you run 20m back and forth.
And the only exercise I get is going down the stairs and going up the stairs.
Being better than someone bad, doesn't make you good
Well many of them were athletes running several miles a week, but meh.
Long answer will have things to do with born genes and skills... Also, education adn conditioning... Many other factors could basically change everything.
BUT! Since you are trying to get into college / uni and you are wondering about these kind of things. I'd say, you can do everything and you are good at everything. Choose something you like and go with it with a smile on your face... and then watch how events unfold.
In Arabic there is a saying that says something like: Be beautiful and see the creations beautiful.
I think it depends on who or what you compare yourself with or in what environment you are in.
For instance:
In your class you may be considered good if you had ran the fastest time in the 100m, but in the other classes (everyone being the same age) on the other hand you may be considered only mediocre since, as luck or whatever may have it, all the fastest kids were in the other classes.
Assuming you aren't born with any sort of disability and are we talking about like an infinite amount of time? That's what it sounded like to me. Then yes I'd say so.
I've often wondered if there was some sort of thing that I'd be amazing at, but never tried. For instance: I've never played hockey... what if I had played when I was younger and it turned out I was amazing. What if I played now and it turned out I was amazing?
What if Michael Phelps never tried swimming? He was basically created for swimming... his body is freakishly long and excels at swimming. What if he had tried tennis and never swam as a kid?
Anyone can be anything they are physically capable of being, sure, but they'll never be their best at something without giving some thought to their natural aptitude. Why play nature vs. nurture when you can have them work together?
Of course it's damned hard to 'try everything once,' and find that specific thing(s) unless you are:
1) Rich and have immense ammounts of free time to spare in search of your latent abilities
2) Get lucky and stumble upon one, or get forced into it by a parent, teacher, coach, etc
For everyone else you get your luck of the draw and set upon anything that looks promising. Barring that, you take the "safe," route and ignore any such impulse. Philosopy is not in agreement about who is living "better," and I think that decision is up to each individual. Having said that, I don't know of anyone, personally, who went with "safe," that didn't have a significant mid-life crisis by their 40's.
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-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
Mentality goes a long way. I for example was the best in my class at a "beep test", when you run 20m back and forth.
And the only exercise I get is going down the stairs and going up the stairs.
-Equinox
"We're like the downtown of the Diablo related internet lol"
-Winged
Well many of them were athletes running several miles a week, but meh.
Long answer will have things to do with born genes and skills... Also, education adn conditioning... Many other factors could basically change everything.
BUT! Since you are trying to get into college / uni and you are wondering about these kind of things. I'd say, you can do everything and you are good at everything. Choose something you like and go with it with a smile on your face... and then watch how events unfold.
In Arabic there is a saying that says something like: Be beautiful and see the creations beautiful.
For instance:
In your class you may be considered good if you had ran the fastest time in the 100m, but in the other classes (everyone being the same age) on the other hand you may be considered only mediocre since, as luck or whatever may have it, all the fastest kids were in the other classes.
What if Michael Phelps never tried swimming? He was basically created for swimming... his body is freakishly long and excels at swimming. What if he had tried tennis and never swam as a kid?
Of course it's damned hard to 'try everything once,' and find that specific thing(s) unless you are:
1) Rich and have immense ammounts of free time to spare in search of your latent abilities
2) Get lucky and stumble upon one, or get forced into it by a parent, teacher, coach, etc
For everyone else you get your luck of the draw and set upon anything that looks promising. Barring that, you take the "safe," route and ignore any such impulse. Philosopy is not in agreement about who is living "better," and I think that decision is up to each individual. Having said that, I don't know of anyone, personally, who went with "safe," that didn't have a significant mid-life crisis by their 40's.