Posted: 10/17/2016 9:37:38 AM EDT
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It must be something in my character but I tend to not give up. Maybe it was how I was raised and maybe the Navy had something to do with it but I just tend to press on. Why do people just give up so easily? |
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Punching your way through a concrete wall with your fists is painful, and a waste of effort. Sometimes you don't realize what you're doing until after taking a few swings. So you find the correct tools to get it done, you don't run around crying because you hurt your hands. |
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Depression is really really hard for someone on the outside looking in to understand. Two cures for Depression that I know of 1. Medicine - I knew a guy who had a chemical imbalance that only medicine helped. 2. Pressing on even when you don't want to, on the far side it gets much better. |
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Punching your way through a concrete wall with your fists is painful, and a waste of effort. Sometimes you don't realize what you're doing until after taking a few swings. This. I seldom give up on things which have outcomes that are healthy, necessary or desirable with input costs that are commensurate with the outcome. I give up on a LOT of shit that is more hassle than the outcome is worth. Opportunity costs are a real thing. A great example is learning the cello. I decided to learn the cello once. I already knew guitar and figured I could translate those skills pretty easily. After a bit of fucking around, some lessons and a not insignificant outlay of cash and time I decided that learning the cello, for no other reason than to be able to say "I *also* play the cello," wasn't worth the hassle. The counter to that argument is learning Spanish. I'm not giving up learning Spanish because the outcome is worth the time and money it will cost my to achieve fluency. Ultimately, my knowledge of Spanish will allow me to be more profitable, more socially engaged and more inconspicuous in my AO. In *that* case, the juice is worth the squeeze. Not giving up isn't a redeeming personality trait in all circumstances. Giving up too easily isn't one either. Like most things in life ... it depends. .... and the wisdom to know the difference. |
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So you find the correct tools to get it done, you don't run around crying because you hurt your hands. Quoted:
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Punching your way through a concrete wall with your fists is painful, and a waste of effort. Sometimes you don't realize what you're doing until after taking a few swings. So you find the correct tools to get it done, you don't run around crying because you hurt your hands. I guess I should have added that it depends on how you value what's on the other side of the wall, or if there's anything there at all. |
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This. I seldom give up on things which have outcomes that are healthy, necessary or desirable with input costs that are commensurate with the outcome. I give up on a LOT of shit that is more hassle than the outcome is worth. Opportunity costs are a real thing. A great example is learning the cello. I decided to learn the cello once. I already knew guitar and figured I could translate those skills pretty easily. After a bit of fucking around, some lessons and a not insignificant outlay of cash and time I decided that learning the cello, for no other reason than to be able to say "I *also* play the cello," wasn't worth the hassle. The counter to that argument is learning Spanish. I'm not giving up learning Spanish because the outcome is worth the time and money it will cost my to achieve fluency. Ultimately, my knowledge of Spanish will allow me to be more profitable, more socially engaged and more inconspicuous in my AO. In *that* case, the juice is worth the squeeze. Not giving up isn't a redeeming personality trait in all circumstances. Giving up too easily isn't one either. Like most things in life ... it depends. .... and the wisdom to know the difference. Quoted:
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Punching your way through a concrete wall with your fists is painful, and a waste of effort. Sometimes you don't realize what you're doing until after taking a few swings. This. I seldom give up on things which have outcomes that are healthy, necessary or desirable with input costs that are commensurate with the outcome. I give up on a LOT of shit that is more hassle than the outcome is worth. Opportunity costs are a real thing. A great example is learning the cello. I decided to learn the cello once. I already knew guitar and figured I could translate those skills pretty easily. After a bit of fucking around, some lessons and a not insignificant outlay of cash and time I decided that learning the cello, for no other reason than to be able to say "I *also* play the cello," wasn't worth the hassle. The counter to that argument is learning Spanish. I'm not giving up learning Spanish because the outcome is worth the time and money it will cost my to achieve fluency. Ultimately, my knowledge of Spanish will allow me to be more profitable, more socially engaged and more inconspicuous in my AO. In *that* case, the juice is worth the squeeze. Not giving up isn't a redeeming personality trait in all circumstances. Giving up too easily isn't one either. Like most things in life ... it depends. .... and the wisdom to know the difference. Get out of here with your logical, well-reasoned, and coherent response.  This is GD.
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“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “Press On” has solved and will always solve the problems of the human race.” —Calvin Coolidge |
