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- From: sethb@panix.com (Seth Breidbart)
- Subject: Re: Credibility and Trueness
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- Organization: Society for the Promulgation of Cruelty to the Clueless
- References: <TED.93Jan23114939@myria.cs.umn.edu> <1993Jan24.001651.1625@sol.UVic.CA> <ewright.727932461@convex.convex.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:54:34 GMT
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- In article <ewright.727932461@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward V. Wright) writes:
-
- >The problem with being content is that it ensures you will never
- >achieve anything more than what you've already got.
-
- I have to provide counterexamples to that. I was content as a grad
- student (well, with academic stuff, anyway); I still achieved a Ph.D.
- I was content with my job a few years ago; I still got promoted to
- Vice President.
-
- I'll agree that not being content gives you more of an incentive to
- change things.
-
- > Change requires
- >some effort, and summoning that effort requires some level of discontent.
- >You just have to be content with that. ;-)
-
- Nope, I can summon effort even from a contented situation. Maybe not
- as much, but when you're sufficiently competent, it may not require as
- much :-)
-
- >Discontent can, however, rise to the level where it paralyzes you.
- >To prevent this, it is important to recognize the fact that you may
- >fail, at least temporarily. As Dirty Harry said, "A man's got to
- >know his limitations."
-
- (I think I'm getting this quote slightly wrong. Tough.)
- "It is not reasonable to expect the universe to change to accommodate
- you. Therefore, all progress is due to unreasonable people."
-
- Seth
-