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We're bad at being bad at things

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Re: We're bad at being bad at things

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> It is a good sign in a nation when such things are done badly. It shows that all the people are doing them. And it is a bad sign in a nation when such things are done very well, for it shows that only a few experts and eccentrics are doing them, and that the nation is merely looking on.

--GK Chesterton (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11505/pg11505-images.ht...)

Re: We're bad at being bad at things

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> It is a good sign in a nation when such things are done badly. It shows that all the people are doing them. And it is a bad sign in a nation when such things are done very well, for it shows that only a few experts and eccentrics are doing them, and that the nation is merely looking on. --GK Chesterton ( https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11505/pg11505-images.ht... )

True! I also have the bad habit of thinking, "it's too late" to start doing something new, especially in sports. I focus on everything I could've learned if I had started long ago rather than seeing the opportunities in everything I still can learn! :)