Hey Jessployees!
We're always looking at excellence as this ultimate goal, the ability to be the best of the best. When you're a master of craft we all marvel, no matter how useless that craft may be. You don't have to look far for evidence, hit up YouTube and search for fastest talker, fastest eater, fastest cup stacker the list goes on.
Does the genre of your skill matter?
Sure these people practised and became the best at what they do but are any of these 3 real skills? I guess as entertainment value but other than that when would I ever use that skill or want to learn or mimic that skill? Probably not!
If anything I want to sit around be the best at eating biscuits and watching series but unfortunately no one wants to pay me for that. Even if I'm the worlds best biscuit and series binger do you think anyone would be interested in paying to see that skill in action?
Maybe not before but now it kinda is, You only have to go as far as a twitch stream to see people recording themselves doing nothing and looking for rewards.
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What are real skills?
The best sports stars in the world are rewarded with millions because we want to see them push the boundaries of human ability and show us what people are capable of when talent and hard work over time meet.
I totally get that the cost of reaching the pinnacle deserves some sort of reward but seriously people are looking to be excellent in anything to be rewarded. I want to be the best shopping haul YouTuber or the best pizza eating Instagrammer. Is that how we've lowered the playing field?
I'm all for participation but seriously, should there not be a cut off on what we look at as skills that actually add value?
Anything has a value I guess!
I get that if two or more people agree something has value, it then has a value which is why people still vlog about their day even if they did absolutely nothing that day they're able to fill a 10-minute video with something, but then lowest common denominator content or tasks will always be popular since the rate of participation and relatability is so high.
A particular set of skills
The world is always looking for new skills that create value and we call this the job market and most of us will fall into this market in some way shape or form. To trade our skills for money so we can live. In this market, not all skills are equal and are rewarded in various ways. This has been fairly stable for now but it won't be forever as automation takes control.
So certain skills will become redundant and being excellent in those skills won't matter as much anymore.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is excellence is an abstract concept, there is no real excellence apart from what we as people agree on is excellent and has value. So why do we like to push our agenda of excellence on others then?
Oh, you don't have this title, material possession or travelled? Does it even matter if you're not the most qualified or well travelled? What is this excellence of life anyway?
Have your say
Do you care about excellence? Do you persue it? What do you see excellence as?
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I was raised in a competitive environment and always tried being the best in whatever I did because this was the only way to win my mother's attention. I grew into it and became a pain in the ass, honestly. Reached every goal I set for myself and felt superior kind of. Until I de-programmed. Today, I sometimes feel like changed from one extreme to the other. Some people say my fire would be missing. I don't know. I care most about feeling comfortable with myself. And I am becoming better and better at it. That's actually a competition I would like to see everybody win.
I am the very best in feeling super confident. And I compare myself to myself in that theory. So, everybody can be the best! Their best! YAY!
Happy Hippie, mayb.
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Just love your write up. Dunno where to start arguing. But I believe if you are a great biscuite eater you can still make money from it by making vidoes of your process and dropping it in youTupe. Am pretty sure there are people who will love it and subscribe for.
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Lol that’s a good thing, feel free to attack any points of my argument in always open to a healthy opposing opinion
You know what? You’re probably right there is a fetish for everyone in the internet strangely enough! We are a weird bunch
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No excuse for failure, no excuse for ignorance. Now the internet has made everything more simple as you can just discover anything you want ranging from acquisition of skills online with the help of youtube or some blogger post.
Once again, no excuse for failure
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Lol I think the ability to come up with excuses is the one thing most of us are excellent at
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I try not to perfect and be amazing at just one thing. I personally like to have multiple skills spread across multiple areas. I think this is more useful as it shows adaptability and a better understanding. You can use the skills in combination or tandem to do things.
I learned this from my dad; he excels at one thing in particular but has his hands in numerous other areas to then combine them all to be an incredibly versatile professional. I’m trying to be able to do the same thing, with decent success so far but still lots more to go.
That’s how I interpret your question, am I completely off base? Lol
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Lol my post is whatever the idea it trigger in your mind, we all think differently so I’m not about to put labels or intent on what I put out
I think it’s good to have multiple skills if they are complimentary, improving your skills gives you a better overview of situations and improves decision making
You don’t have the be the best at everything we’re not robots lol that’s why we collaborate if I need another skill I don’t have I ask or pay someone for it that’s how we make things happen
I think I do need to add a new skillset for sure
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This was a post of...excellence. I think of professional eaters as a waste of food. I mean it has some entertainment value, but it's like I'm laughing at the person - not with them.
When I was a kid, though, I was obsessed with baseball. Spent probably 40 hours a week just training myself. You could say I had gained that skill. I guess I try to believe that everyone has a niche. I once had a job fall into my lap at a records archives center and I found I had a great skill in record finding. (Wish I still had that job). Then I think about those skilled in calculus or chemistry and wonder if my skills meant all that much in the grand scheme of things. But there had to be someone for each job, though, I would venture to say
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