Well that's basically the whole point which is so stupid that it's frustrating. I know I am smart, I just hate to brag. I have ADHD (and no I am not trying to look for excuses) and it ended like that because of the natural low occurrence of Dopamine in my brain which is the reason it is extremely hard to have motivation.Exactly right. It's not an annoyance; it's an opportunity to have a barrier to starting. @piano is living proof you can do this.
A side note for school - it's not complicated. If I can go from being a D student to an A/A* student in 1.5 years - anyone can. You find out people are lazy and don't even do the bare minimum for study - they don't understand the concepts. People far more intelligent than me did worse. There are parallels in business, too.
I'm afraid I have to disagree that the education route is useless; you're using that to justify being below average. It's perspective.
Take your wooden house analogy. Whether it be business, fitness, study, or any skill - you're ripping down the old house and making a new one. You're improving.
My point is, you're not getting away from it by binning school. I'm not telling you to do school - do business, but if you don't even have the discipline to:
Are you even going to get anywhere?
- Shut up
- Sit down for many hours and learn
- Ask the right questions
- Create working systems
- Be disciplined with time
- Not get distracted
It used to be like this without phone
Delayed Gratification by: Reading till I fall asleep, regular working out (Sports club), interesting and challenging lessons, amazing friends, a lot of time spend outside, highly energised and motivated kid.
Now, since I use phone:
Easy-to-get Dopamine by Social Media, Dopamine Scrolling, Attention span crashed. No motivation to learn anything, no reading anymore.
That's it. Literally. And I hate myself so much for it.
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