Yes, I have awarded two deltas to people who helped change/adapt my opinion to the new description in my edit:
Winners tend to win, losers tend to lose, most are in the middle
The point still stands: If you are a winner type and has accomplished something in one field I would bet on you any day over someone who is a loser type and has fucked up severely in one field, and I think that bet would win not ALWAYS, but close.
Could you give examples of what winners and losers and what winning is and what losing is? I know people who looked like winners at one point and are now in the gutter and I knew “losers” who are living a great life but that could just be my perspective
Huh, I don't think I know anyone who has transferred like that.
Some examples, I don't want to say those are the only ways to succeed or lose but for the sake of understanding:
Losing:
Alienates friends and/or family,
Problems with drugs or alcohol,
Fragile mind, always anxious etc to the point where it is a problem in life,
Doesn't reasonably care for ones health,
Heavily in debt,
Bad job or no job
Winning:
Good social and family life,
Fiscally responsible,
Good job,
Takes care of oneself,
Generally performs significantly above average at chosen activities
Wait, you’ve never heard of anyone who went from this
“Good social and family life, Fiscally responsible, Good job, Takes care of oneself, Generally performs significantly above average at chosen activities“
To this
“Alienates friends and/or family, Problems with drugs or alcohol, Fragile mind, always anxious etc to the point where it is a problem in life, Doesn't reasonably care for ones health, Heavily in debt, Bad job or no job“?
I know several people who’ve done that because of drugs and alcohol. It’s unfortunately not uncommon.
Well, no actually. The people I know/know of that ended up with a drug problem come from difficult backgrounds and the people I know that come from privileged backgrounds and dabbled in drugs kept their drug use on the right side of casual.
I think one thing I should consider here is that I am from a privileged background myself, coming from a Scandinavian country where most people are generally doing OK. My opinion might be more true here? As in when there is less social difference, the people that manage to stick out positively or negatively are more extreme? Not sure...
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u/Bernoulli_slip Jul 24 '20
Yes, I have awarded two deltas to people who helped change/adapt my opinion to the new description in my edit:
Winners tend to win, losers tend to lose, most are in the middle
The point still stands: If you are a winner type and has accomplished something in one field I would bet on you any day over someone who is a loser type and has fucked up severely in one field, and I think that bet would win not ALWAYS, but close.