Comments on: Wanted: Talent http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/ Nothing spoils fun like finding out it builds character. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:50:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jody http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-114425 Jody Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:47:08 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-114425 > i found this activity when i was in my teens Masturbation is not a talent or skill; it's like breathing - you just do it; and as a teenager, almost as often, too. > i found this activity when i was in my teens

Masturbation is not a talent or skill; it’s like breathing - you just do it; and as a teenager, almost as often, too.

]]> By: tommyboy http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-114418 tommyboy Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:17:23 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-114418 i found this activity when i was in my teens ...and i pursued it with vigor and focus...then i got older got married and for a while i had lost "touch" with this endeavor....but over the years of marriage i have once again engaged...my question....is this a skill or a talent...i am confused and my eyesight is fading... yeah jody could always pick up music stuff...i was/am very envious but am too lazy to act on my emotion.. i found this activity when i was in my teens …and i pursued it with vigor and focus…then i got older got married and for a while i had lost “touch” with this endeavor….but over the years of marriage i have once again engaged…my question….is this a skill or a talent…i am confused and my eyesight is fading…

yeah jody could always pick up music stuff…i was/am very envious but am too lazy to act on my emotion..

]]> By: Phillip http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113838 Phillip Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:18:09 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113838 Yup. $42,538 to be exact. Yup. $42,538 to be exact.

]]> By: Jody http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113834 Jody Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:06:31 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113834 > 10 years studying religion... $50,000 well spent. > 10 years studying religion…

$50,000 well spent.

]]> By: Phillip http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113833 Phillip Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:03:55 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113833 And it's BuddHa. 10 years studying religion, that's one thing I learned. Buddha is spelled with an H. And it’s BuddHa. 10 years studying religion, that’s one thing I learned. Buddha is spelled with an H.

]]> By: Pender http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113692 Pender Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:17:54 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113692 I think you're confusing talent with skill. You can become skilled at something you really have no talent for, it just takes hard work. If you have a talent for something and work really hard at it, you'd get further at it than most people faster. To be an expert at something just takes skill, which you have to work at. So I agree with ya that you have no focus, but I highly doubt you have no talent. Seems to me you pick up muzak really quick, and I know you can program better than you should be able to ya lazy bastard. I think you’re confusing talent with skill. You can become skilled at something you really have no talent for, it just takes hard work. If you have a talent for something and work really hard at it, you’d get further at it than most people faster. To be an expert at something just takes skill, which you have to work at.

So I agree with ya that you have no focus, but I highly doubt you have no talent. Seems to me you pick up muzak really quick, and I know you can program better than you should be able to ya lazy bastard.

]]> By: Ashley http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113677 Ashley Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:24:37 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113677 <i>Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.</i> Mmmmmm… I disagree. I learned to draw because I was jealous other kids. I learned to program because a hacker at work was heaped with praise. I started martial arts out of envy too. All three have brought me considerable peace of mind. As for you, what you love is what you excel at. Find what you love (as long as it's not preteen in nature, in which case, suppress!!!!). Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

Mmmmmm… I disagree. I learned to draw because I was jealous other kids. I learned to program because a hacker at work was heaped with praise. I started martial arts out of envy too. All three have brought me considerable peace of mind.

As for you, what you love is what you excel at. Find what you love (as long as it’s not preteen in nature, in which case, suppress!!!!).

]]> By: Jody http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113655 Jody Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:37:43 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113655 > you eventually become good at whatever you focus on That's the key, which I lack: I never focus on something long enough to call myself an "expert" at something. > you eventually become good at whatever you focus on

That’s the key, which I lack: I never focus on something long enough to call myself an “expert” at something.

]]> By: Pender http://steelwhitetable.org/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113636 Pender Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:42:35 +0000 http://steelwhitetable.org/blog/2007/04/27/wanted-talent/#comment-113636 haha.. "music or drawing" I find it weird that you don't know what you're good at. I've known what I'm good at for about 20 years. Although, knowing that I'm an asshole and a jerk came easily for me since most people call me either one or the other or both. If I had the gumption and wasn't addicted to games I could see myself being good at a lot of stuff. I do think you eventually become good at whatever you focus on and don't mind focusing on for the most amount of time. haha.. “music or drawing”

I find it weird that you don’t know what you’re good at. I’ve known what I’m good at for about 20 years. Although, knowing that I’m an asshole and a jerk came easily for me since most people call me either one or the other or both. If I had the gumption and wasn’t addicted to games I could see myself being good at a lot of stuff. I do think you eventually become good at whatever you focus on and don’t mind focusing on for the most amount of time.

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