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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The evidence is piling up, though, that motivation and determination matters. That the willingness to work hard and stick with a task in the face of challenge and opposition is the best indicator of future success for children. More so than getting along with others and following the herd.
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Obviously. I've often heard from people such as team leaders or managers:
"
*I* (the all-knowing manager) think you are not capable to do this."
Uh. What? Do you have any proof of that? I've been tested by Mensa to belong to (at least) the upper 5% of most intelligent people on this planet. Apparantly, I'm not stupid. I've completed normal university education, despite former teachers in primary and secondary education telling my parents to send me to a "special" school because of my poor eyesight. (They thought that it would prevent me from keeping up.) I still did make it. Apparantly, I'm already capable of doing things the "experts" said I shouldn't be able to.
So. Who are
you to tell me that I can't do something? Get lost.
Given time, relevant materials to study and tools to work with, combined with my own determination and motivation, I can do anything and become anything.
Granted, I can't apply for a position of brain surgeon
right now. I can't do that. Heck, I couldn't even apply for a position of car mechanic. I don't have the skills or the knowledge. But, if I wanted to become a car mechanic or a brain surgeon, I'm quite sure I could do it.
The only prohibition for many (intelligent) people to not be able to do things is lack of knowledge, and often, lack of money or time to acquire it.
Even people with only average intelligence can often do much more than they, or others, think they are capable of, *if* they have the motivation to work at it. They'll probably need to work harder or practice more than the more intelligent people, but that doesn't take away the fact they can do stuff, if given the chance.