What to do if you feel you have no talent?

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I am on the edge of just flat out hating myself. I love grip training but have small hands, so I have to work harder. I don’t have an IQ of 200 or more, so I can’t be an Edward Witten or Richard Feynman in the physics realm. I’m not gifted like Kirill Sarychev and Levan Saginashvili, so I’m never going to be a world #1 armwrestler or best raw bench presser in the world.
What am I saying? Nothing I love to do seems to come easy. It’s as if I have no talent whatsoever whereas everyone else has “something”. I fucking hate it.

How do handle this?

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    I am on the edge of just flat out hating myself. I love grip training but have small hands, so I have to work harder. I don’t have an IQ of 200 or more, so I can’t be an Edward Witten or Richard Feynman in the physics realm. I’m not gifted like Kirill Sarychev and Levan Saginashvili, so I’m never going to be a world #1 armwrestler or best raw bench presser in the world.
    What am I saying? Nothing I love to do seems to come easy. It’s as if I have no talent whatsoever whereas everyone else has “something”. I fucking hate it.

    How do handle this?

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  2. Danibear285 Avatar

    How old is the user?

  3. hujambo11 Avatar

    Most people aren’t exceptionally good at anything. You sound like the average person.

  4. Adorable-Writing3617 Avatar

    Embrace the suck. Stop whining. Keep working because no one cares.

  5. SewerSlidalThot Avatar

    Become a vocalist in a hardcore/punk band.

  6. Free-Joe-Goldberg Avatar

    Probably just go beyond, Plus Ultra

  7. Solid_Ratio_6808 Avatar

    There are 8 billion people on earth and there are much less tournaments than 8 billion. Statistically speaking it is very unlikely that you become #1 in anything. Accepting that and just doing things because you enjoy them will be more logical

  8. Able-Lettuce-1465 Avatar

    Grip training? come on man…

  9. Jedi4Hire Avatar

    Everyone has talent. Literally everyone. But if you want to be #1 in the world in something like arm wrestling, you’re probably setting yourself up for disappointment.

    >What am I saying? Nothing I love to do seems to come easy. It’s as if I have no talent whatsoever

    Maybe you haven’t discovered your talent yet. And not everyone is born with the kind of talent that makes Olympian athletes or world champions.

  10. ebowski64 Avatar

    You’re mediocre, like a lot of other people. You improve a skill you enjoy doing slowly over a long period of time.

  11. ZuyZude Avatar

    Learn a talent, everyone is capable it’s just some things take longer for other to learn