[Moma]

(09-02-2011 08:19 PM)Magnum Wrote:  

I don't know where you live mate,but here in Australia every second woman has a pile of self help books on her shelf.The whole concept of "you can be anything you want to be as long as you beleive" is a crock of shit. Say I dream all day about winning the Olympic 100m gold medal.. do you really think I'm going to win it without the genetic potential to do so? All the beleiving in the world won't make any difference.These self help gurus prey on insecure people and try to build them up with false confidence and other such nonsense to help them feel adequate..Do you really want to mixed up with girls who beleive this stuff? and the worst thing is they turn vicious if you punch holes in whatever dream they happen to be dreaming this week.

A bit pessmistic there, aren't we, geezer? A lot of these athletes, scientists, inventors and Nobel Award winners, the only thing that seperates them is the drive.

How many guys in the 'hood', barrios have you met that if placed in the right environment or if applied some drive, would be up there with the greats?

But to throw it away for lack of focus (under developed selves)?

How come America has so many award winners? Is there greater genetical potential for success in America? No, bruv, it's the mere fact that success is rewarded in America that drives the competitive fires and brings out the best of the best.

Not sure about down under but in the U.K success is discouraged. In the UK, a hater is born every minute, that's the culture.

However, that may have strayed away slightly from the point of this thread (lol).