What If You Could Do It All Over?

Re:What If You Could Do It All Over? by juhatl on Sunday December 27, 2020 @03:39AM (#25549744)

This topic of success and what contributes to it always makes me think back to this great video by Veritasium (aka. Derek Muller) titled "Is success luck or hard work?" [1].

While it's probably impossible to prove one way or another, I've personally grown to accept that I will never be fully satisfied with everything in my life. Accepting that fact has given me some kind of peace, because I no longer dwell on the what-ifs as much as I used to. It doesn't matter if I reach the goals I have in mind right now, as I'm bound to come up with new ones that are just out of my reach. I believe bettering oneself is good, but I also believe it's important to accept that there's never a goal to be reached there.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LopI4YeC4I

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Re:What If You Could Do It All Over? by ZephyrBlu on Sunday December 27, 2020 @07:30AM (#25550581)

I like Derek and his videos, but his point is a lot easier to make from the position of a very successful person.

For most people this is a very bitter pill to swallow.

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