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Relentless 02-08-2014 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by bronco67 (Post 19974906)
You pretty much nailed what "talent" is. The ability to see the solutions and outcomes almost instantly when given a task. I'm working on a graphic novel adult project, but my main gig is medical animation. When I get a storyboard, I can see how every shot looks while just skimming over the panels for the first time. I've always been envious of people who have that same ability in a musical way. My wife is a teacher and is great in the classroom, but she also does lectures and presentations for teacher development. She has an insane ability to hold the attention of an auditorium full of people with very little preparation. Speaking in front of hundreds of people would give the shits.
I've always envied good political cartoonists. I can come up with the one liners and concepts no problem at all, but I draw like a dead gunslinger. :1orglaugh

scubadiver626 02-08-2014 09:32 AM
I'm a little good at everything, just enough to be annoying.

BlackCrayon 02-08-2014 09:33 AM
most people are too busy just trying to survive with little time to realize what their true talents are.

dyna mo 02-08-2014 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon (Post 19974922)
most people are too busy just trying to survive with little time to realize what their true talents are.
This is huge.

Grapesoda 02-08-2014 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Relentless (Post 19974781)
Organization is a very good one to have, and one that many people lack.

Sustained Effort is pretty much a requirement of success but I'm not sure it's a talent entirely. I do think a lot of that comes from upbringing, past successes, encouragement from others, etc... and unlike some other things I do think you can teach someone to have it as an attribute (much more easily if you get them before they are 30 for sure).

Production is vague and probably includes a few 'components' that are more specific. Meaning, production as the 'ability to get things done' can come from components like concentration, organization, ability to lead others, ability to work longer hours, etc etc...

I'm not doubting you have these attributes, or their importance, I'm wondering if they can be drilled down deeper to their roots? :thumbsup
no deeper roots .... just the components of my success ... not sure they can be taught...

Grapesoda 02-08-2014 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon (Post 19974922)
most people are too busy just trying to survive with little time to realize what their true talents are.
that's the difference between creativity and character

BlackCrayon 02-08-2014 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Grapesoda (Post 19974995)
that's the difference between creativity and character
i'm not really sure what you mean by that but if you're a single guy with nothing to lose, sure you can take all the risks in the world. if you're not, well then its not so easy.

discover your talents when you're young because otherwise, its too late.

dyna mo 02-08-2014 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Grapesoda (Post 19974995)
that's the difference between creativity and character
Most people are risk-adverse. That's not a character issue.

+ most people can only achieve what their surroundings allow for. Someone growing up in Los Angeles has much different options than someone growing up in Montana.

Relentless 02-08-2014 12:19 PM
Dynamo,

In the interest of full disclosure....

I just got back from a birthday party overrun by 3-5 year-olds. Loud very annoying top 40 music, sticky floors, screaming brats and nobody said anything worth contemplating the entire time I was there. Ironically, I also managed to meet yet another shitty lawyer. One who kept telling me how much money he thought he would make if someone tripped on the sticky floor at the party while I politely tried to ignore him.

I figured you'd enjoy my admission that not everywhere I go is enjoyable. In fact, I view what happened this afternoon as the universe balancing things out for how good my dinner was last night and I thought of your comments while I was there waiting for it to end. :1orglaugh

Relentless 02-08-2014 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon (Post 19974922)
most people are too busy just trying to survive with little time to realize what their true talents are.
There is a lot of truth to that. Which was also sort of the point - that it is worth it to do it, and to audit your skill set, traits and attributes from time to time. As the Socrates quote goes - the unexamined life is not worth living. :2 cents:

Magnetron 02-08-2014 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Relentless (Post 19974389)
So what are You good at?
What you think you are good at is not necessarily what you are actually good at.

A more reasonable assessment might come in response to the question, What do I more often than not accomplish with the least amount of struggle or difficulty?

Grapesoda 02-08-2014 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by dyna mo (Post 19975020)
Most people are risk-adverse. That's not a character issue.

+ most people can only achieve what their surroundings allow for. Someone growing up in Los Angeles has much different options than someone growing up in Montana.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

Helen Keller

It is in the sanctuary and the silence it provides that the bells of creativity can ring clearly. (Mark Hope).

dyna mo 02-08-2014 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Relentless (Post 19975052)
Dynamo,

In the interest of full disclosure....

I just got back from a birthday party overrun by 3-5 year-olds. Loud very annoying top 40 music, sticky floors, screaming brats and nobody said anything worth contemplating the entire time I was there. Ironically, I also managed to meet yet another shitty lawyer. One who kept telling me how much money he thought he would make if someone tripped on the sticky floor at the party while I politely tried to ignore him.

I figured you'd enjoy my admission that not everywhere I go is enjoyable. In fact, I view what happened this afternoon as the universe balancing things out for how good my dinner was last night and I thought of your comments while I was there waiting for it to end. :1orglaugh
Lawyers are getting younger and younger every year.

Relentless 02-08-2014 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by dyna mo (Post 19975151)
Lawyers are getting younger and younger every year.
If I were charged with a capital offense I'd have hired any one of the 3-5 year-olds in the room before I'd ever have hired that Dbag :2 cents:

Relentless 02-08-2014 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by dyna mo (Post 19975020)
Most people are risk-adverse. That's not a character issue
Most people seem to think you need to get your courage together before you take a risk. In reality you usually have to take a risk and then you gain increased courage as a result. I do believe you can teach some people to be more willing to take risks, mostly by doing it in increments that desensitize them to the emotions involved.

jollyhumper 02-08-2014 02:30 PM
I'm good at writing and I have great musical skills.

Since the question was asked.....

Jolly

dyna mo 02-08-2014 03:33 PM
BTW Relentless, I'm really not trolling you. I enjoy posting my view on topics that interest me, especially when my view may not be the one that gets hi-5s. It challenges my perspective and allows me to question my angle and reason for thinking a certain way. It's not to change anybody's view to align with mine.

This topic is of interest to me, as you can verify by my thread on the book "Outliers". Your view gave me an opportunity to put forth mine via discourse, to use your words, and see if there are any holes in it. In supporting my view, I am either open to fostering it or ditching it. It's not a need of mine nor my intent to change other's views.

poncabare 02-08-2014 04:31 PM
i can throw a pigskin a quarter mile

SilentKnight 02-08-2014 05:57 PM
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Originally Posted by poncabare (Post 19975320)
i can throw a pigskin a quarter mile
440 yards.

Almost 4 1/2 football fields. Wow!

:error

Have you met Mr. Maxwell and his 'Masonic sword'?

2030 02-08-2014 06:20 PM
100 no good ideas

mineistaken 02-08-2014 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Relentless (Post 19974460)
most people ignore what they are good at and go after what they wish they were good at instead. Fine for a hobby, not so great for a business.
You have to consider that business you could do utilizing "what you are good at" may not be as lucrative as some other business that you could do utilizing something "you wish to be good at".
To put it in example:
You are good at X and best people doing something where you really need X earn 100.
You are not good at Y, just average and average people doing something where you really need Y earn 200. Best earn 400.
So there is no point utilize your perfect X trait when you can just use your average Y trait.

mineistaken 02-08-2014 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Mutt (Post 19974876)
When what you are GOOD at is posting on Internet forums I can pretty much guarantee you that you're a failure in life. :2 cents:
Point is that you should have some traits in order to be good poster and you should utilize them in a better way :)

Relentless 02-08-2014 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mineistaken (Post 19975423)
You have to consider that business you could do utilizing "what you are good at" may not be as lucrative as some other business that you could do utilizing something "you wish to be good at". To put it in example: You are good at X and best people doing something where you really need X earn 100. You are not good at Y, just average and average people doing something where you really need Y earn 200. Best earn 400. So there is no point utilize your perfect X trait when you can just use your average Y trait.
I agree to some degree. If you are fantastic for some reason at cracking your knuckles, there may be no way to market that effectively. Also the thing you are pretty good at may be a good choice for other reasons (low cost, windfall job offer etc).

However, having thought about it a lot the last couple days, I do know a lot of people who seem 'miscast' in their career roles and I've asked several people online and off what they are good at, with very few seeming to have given it much thought before they were asked.

Roald 02-09-2014 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Relentless (Post 19975470)
.... with very few seeming to have given it much thought before they were asked.
Just last week or so I was wondering about this. Like what am I really good at.

Tough question :2 cents:

PornDiscounts-V 02-10-2014 05:24 AM
Explaining things.
Seeing the big picture.
Taking something and making it 1000% better.
Talking.

Relentless 02-10-2014 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by vvvvv (Post 19976685)
Explaining things.
Seeing the big picture.
Taking something and making it 1000% better.
Talking.
That's an interesting set. It suggests you would always be better off reworking an existing product than trying to create a new product, especially if you can find an existing good idea that is faltering because of it being more complicated than it needs to be. That's a fairly specific target to go after.

PornDiscounts-V 02-13-2014 05:40 AM
I create lots of new projects by mashing together lots of ideas from projects others have going that I think could be better.

nico-t 02-13-2014 06:03 AM
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Originally Posted by dyna mo (Post 19974479)
What is this family worth $80 million good at?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/...68_634x410.jpg

Being the family of a girl who was good at partying.
hm don't know... but the women all look like women except for the one in the leopard dress. What a gross thing.

freecartoonporn 02-13-2014 06:06 AM
taking business to next level.


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