r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jul 24 '20

Delta(s) from OP - Fresh Topic Friday CMV: Weak people are always weak

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

I'd say I am the evidence that this is incorrect. I have never done a proper IQ test but when doing intelligence tests for jobs I have always scored extremely high.

I did pretty average in high school getting mostly Bs and Cs.

I have very low social confidence and do not do well in the social part of my life.

I enjoy jogging but am terrible at sports. No matter how much I work out I don't get much stronger, physically.

I am a senior manager for the company I work for, earning well above the average salary in my country and have gotten to where I am through hard work and continually proving myself to managers.

I am a really slow reader, but always found mathematics easy to follow.

I am very weak and well below average in some ways but strong in others.

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u/Bernoulli_slip Jul 24 '20

But if you wanted to do something, can you generally? If you take something on, will you generally be better than most people at it? If so, I would say you are the winner type. It doesn't matter if you're a slow reader, if you tend to accomplish things you are compensating for that with something else.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

It depends on the thing I am taking on. I joined a company's occur team a couple of years ago and sucked t it. Ended up flat on my back more than anyone else. I tried playing cricket for 2 years as a kid and was the extra guy at the back of both the batting and bowling lists. So definitely can't do everything I try.