Do you think you're the person you could or should be?

Sin_Chase said:
I want to be a top level expert in my chosen field. Give it some time.

I, however, am never happy and am always striving for more.
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+1

there is a great quote that i once heard, originally from Eleanor Roosevelt: "Small minds discuss people; Average minds discuss events; Great minds discuss ideas."

I think that is a great quote which sums up a lot of society. There are a lot of people with "small minds" that are fixated with gossip, celebrities, reality tv shows, etc etc, the "average minds" are those who are fixated with what is happening in the world, business, money, etc etc. Personally, i strive to be someone with a "Great mind", i try to ignore things that dont matter to the advancement of mankind - celebrities, excessive wealth, lavish possessions, etc etc. I also want to be an expert in my field, someone who can advance the knowledge of man. I dont think i am even close to becoming a "great mind", but i hope to be there one day :)
 
[TW]Sponge;20823730 said:
I want to be rich and successful.

So no, nowhere near.
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This. I honestly feel infinitely ambitious which has the side affect of never being happy with what I've got. feeslbadman.jpg
 
A resounding 'yes' and a whisper of a 'no'.

As a person and in terms of what I have achieved, then yes. I have numerous great friends, a fairly respectable education, a promising job lined up. I think I'm a pretty reasonable and (dare I say it) likeable person - I don't get frustrated by any aspects of my personality.

However, I would say 'no' in the sense that it frustrates me that I don't look more athletic. I have put a fairly serious amount of time into exercise and watching my diet and have improved my physique leaps and bounds, but I used to be obese (something you would never know by looking at me) which means I have some artefacts of that left over in my appearance. It probably matters more to me than anyone else and I imagine I notice it 5000x more than anyone else too, but it does get to me that I don't look quite as athletic as some of my friends. The way to combat it is to actually do something about it and I have been doing so to what others have called obsessive extents (gym everyday, calorie and protein intake counting). Slow and frustrating, but what else can I do?
 
No had I not misplaced a portion of my youthful days I would have probably advanced further in my chosen fields, I'm not all boo hoo as I'm breaking my back uphill to catch up with where I think I could be. My goals are more abstract, political and civic, rather than personal.
 
I still let my emotions control me when it comes to certain things, which has damaged and is continuing to damage my life. Apart from that, in a way, yes I am.

What I mean by that is, life is a continual journey, with goals constantly changing, but I'm on what I think to be the right path for where I want to be in the future.
 
Currently? No. I'm not really sure. I'm deliberating uni choices for next year, and I have no idea if I want to go into Engineering or CS. I'm happiest when I'm creating (with creative type works) or problem solving (hands on, not making a blueprint and sending it off to work on the next one) so I'm thinking CS... but yeah.
 
No however i am getting there, as a person i lack confidence and am very shy, however i have always been told i have great potential and its up to me to take control and realise it, i have come a long way in the past few years. i have been given great oppertunities by my superiors, and i've been able to step up to the mark everytime, however my self confidence and shyness has held me back from realising my full potential, i have gone a long way to getting over that however, my self confidence and confidence in my abilities have improved massively over time, but there is still lots of room for improvement.

i may not be all the person i could be at the moment, however i am happy with who i am and where things are going in life.
 
I am on the right path.

Now all I need is to grow up. Become super fit, get a fit girlfriend, and that is the next 3year plan.

I think life goes through 5year plans, things are totally different every 5years
 
at the moment, no I'm not the man I could have become.
I've spent too many years wallowing in self doubt and self loathing, blaming everything on everyone else. i.e. my less than perfect family relationship or absurd amount of crap I had to deal with when I was supposed to be enjoying my childhood.
I can see how much potential I wasted at school by either not doing the work or not be bothered to put in the graft and hoping to wing it.

I can clearly state that I'm trying to change that, I earned myself an apprenticeship by completing the first year without pay in college and having a 30+ hr part time job to pay the bill.
I'm working hard at the academic side and trying to get myself sent to university by my company.
truth be told I know what its like to be on the dole for months on end being turned down and blocked at every turn and I dont want to go back to that.
 
The thing is you always want more, always want to achieve higher.

The average Joe would be saying something along the lines of "If I had £2 million I would live happily for the rest of my life."

Guess what they won't, they will desire more, invest it, want to turn those few million into tens of millions.
 
Reminds me of a lyric in a NIN song "Right where it belongs":

And if you look at your reflection, Is it all you want it to be?

And in answer to op, No.

But in some way I also believe that there is 'perfection in imperfection' especially when it comes to woman.
 
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I'm 31 with a Masters degree and spend my working life arguing with Romanians and a whole array of other foreigners for not getting jobs done on time.

You figure it out.

Although, I do make very good money. So yea, living the life.
 
regulus said:
I'm 31 with a Masters degree and spend my working life arguing with Romanians and a whole array of other foreigners for not getting jobs done on time.

You figure it out.

Although, I do make very good money. So yea, living the life.
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What's the degree in?
 
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