What are you ???
 

if your not willing to do whatever it takes to reach your goals, then ypu need to get out of whatever it is that your doing and try something else !!!

i think this is key
find out what you want find out how to do it
and no matter what do what needs to be done

exactly !!!! if im not good at whatever it is tht im doing.. i will not pursue it nomore !!

Depends on what it is for me. To completely give up something that I'm not "good" at is black and white thinking to me.

Some things (e.g. photography) that I pursue I'm not "good" compared to others who's work I'd like to be able to emulate. Doesn't mean I just give up photograph (or whatever), as I'm not "good" at it. The enjoyment comes from working to improve, and other intangible aspects of it (i.e. being out in nature).

I admire the physiques of some of the top bodybuilders, judging my physique against theirs, I'm not too good at bodybuilding, but I keep lifting.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that if I'm not particularly good at something, yet what I'm doing has value to me (for whatever reason), part of the enjoyment for me is the struggle and effort to get better, something I wouldn't experience if I just elected not to pursue it because I wasn't good at it.

Perhaps I've misread what you were intending to say?

This quote sums it up for me, "always remember, that every great artist, was first an amateur".

The 'good' or 'bad' thing about photography is that you will never be satisfied!

I've taken thousands of photos over the years and although I'm pleased with many of them I'm always hoping to take a better one. So in that respect, I'll never stop trying . . .

thts was a great way of looking at tht erich... i do understand and really respect what you said... i guess i am black & white.. i always grew up with a number one mentality and second was just a place !!!! and i have learned alittle bit more about myself form reading ur post... THANKS !!! ive always been on top at everything tht ive done in my life.. and i guess its just hardwired into me to think as so... :):):) YOU DEFFINALTY DIDNT MIS READ ANYTHING.. :):):).. To hear how others think healps me to see the world as it really is..