Suddenly felt that in one aspect, I am similar to Margera Wonderweiss - the Arrancar which has his ability to think, speak and et cetera, removed by his creator to boost his power. I am one-dimensional too, though probably of my own volition.
Besides academic tasks, I do not consider myself really that competent in any thing else. Actually, I do not think it is so much of me sacrificing too many things for academic pursuits. Rather, it is my reluctance to explore new grounds and my hatred for failure that has impeded me. That has changed now, however (at least this is moving somewhere).
To achieve a high level of competence in something, unless you are extremely talented, requires a lot of time. Therefore, in order to rise above the others in at least one field, I have to put in more effort. If you plot a graph with the amount of work done on the x-axis and the results obtain on the y-axis, you would probably get a graph that increases rapidly at the start, then the gradient would start to decrease and finally plateau. Similar to the graph of rate of enzymatic activity against substrate concentration. Thus if you want to attain a higher level of achievement, you probably have to put in a lot more effort than others. Some people would think hard work is proportional to achievement. But most of the time, they do not have a linear relationship like many would think.
I think for those who are "not-so-talented", the drive for perfection is necessary to excel. That is both a boon and a curse, unfortunately. Unless one is able to regulate this drive for perfection, one will always be a one-dimensional being.
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