Comments on: Compensatory gifts in flawed people. http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/12/03/compensatory-gifts-in-flawed-people/ We endeavor to give satisfaction Wed, 23 May 2012 15:42:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MC http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/12/03/compensatory-gifts-in-flawed-people/comment-page-1/#comment-61525 MC Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:33:43 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6407#comment-61525 I'm quite sure that if I went to a doctor I could be diagnosed as ADD (what do you think I'm doing on this blog?). Certainly my difficulty in concentration has had its detriments in school and employment. But I think (there's no way to know for sure) that it's the flip side of my quick-wittedness and creativity, which has served me at least as well in my career than any ability to grind out studying in the wee hours would have. It sets me apart from my competent but unimaginative peers. And it's a lot more fun to be the witty distracted guy than the boring but focused grind. So I refuse to look at it as a problem. It's just one of those trade-offs, like how 300-lb offensive linemen wish they could run faster when blocking downfield, but wouldn't lose weight to do so. I’m quite sure that if I went to a doctor I could be diagnosed as ADD (what do you think I’m doing on this blog?). Certainly my difficulty in concentration has had its detriments in school and employment.

But I think (there’s no way to know for sure) that it’s the flip side of my quick-wittedness and creativity, which has served me at least as well in my career than any ability to grind out studying in the wee hours would have. It sets me apart from my competent but unimaginative peers. And it’s a lot more fun to be the witty distracted guy than the boring but focused grind. So I refuse to look at it as a problem. It’s just one of those trade-offs, like how 300-lb offensive linemen wish they could run faster when blocking downfield, but wouldn’t lose weight to do so.

]]> By: Adam G. http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/12/03/compensatory-gifts-in-flawed-people/comment-page-1/#comment-61417 Adam G. Sat, 03 Dec 2011 18:00:27 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6407#comment-61417 Well said, and marriage in particular teaches you that people's strengths and their weaknesses are often the same thing, with no clear way of improving the one without sapping the other. Well said, and marriage in particular teaches you that people’s strengths and their weaknesses are often the same thing, with no clear way of improving the one without sapping the other.

]]> By: Vader http://www.jrganymede.com/2011/12/03/compensatory-gifts-in-flawed-people/comment-page-1/#comment-61262 Vader Sat, 03 Dec 2011 05:54:15 +0000 http://www.jrganymede.com/?p=6407#comment-61262 His Majesty says being powerful in the Dark Side is my compensatory gift for having a bit of a temper. [Jokes aside, it's a very nice essay. The Ether scripture is one of my favorites, in part because it's a lot more profound than it looks at first.] His Majesty says being powerful in the Dark Side is my compensatory gift for having a bit of a temper.

[Jokes aside, it's a very nice essay. The Ether scripture is one of my favorites, in part because it's a lot more profound than it looks at first.]

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