something to think about

[ghettobouge]

yesterday, a friend and i were pondering what was worse

Comments

i say

[vengeance_is_me]

not putting in as much effort as you should have and not doing well

that's always the worst, because if you did give 100% you might have done what you wanted, but since you didn't, you'll never know.

Re: i say

[ghettobouge]

but if you did give 100% and still didnt get what you wanted, you might say that you wasted a lot of effort on nothing...

i agree with you...i'm just playing devil's advocate.

#2

[all2swift]

but mostly, i just lie.

but mostly to myself.

Re: #2

[ghettobouge]

haha. i think they call that "denial". and no, it's not just a river in egypt.

[ben_g]

The second one is worse. It is me up until about a year ago and even though I'm busting my ass now, I will always wonder what could've been if I had tried harder and got those A's instead of settling for the B's.

[ghettobouge]

yea. i slid thru undergrad using about 50% effort. i thoroughly enjoyed my time there and, in that way, i dont regret it.
but when i see other people's resumes now with "magna cum laude" and "honors society" on it, i feel like mine's nekkid. even if it's theirs is from an unknown school, i still feel a wee bit of "what coulda been...?"

[ben_g]

Completely. That extra 50% of effort for just a 10% increase in grades just didn't seem to make sense back then. Looking back, 50% for 10% still isn't worth it, but maybe a little more due dilligence on my part might have been beneficial. Oh well. 20/20 hindsight, right? At least we realized now, and not 50 years from now, that effort is good. :)

[ghettobouge]

yea, but it's hard to say how much more effort it wouldve taken to get those A's. i remember figuring out in econ class that putting in the a whole lot of extra effort might not be worth it via marginal rate of returns theory. or maybe i just cling to that theory as a justification of my actions.