Determination vs determinism - A discussion

Based on my video on whether or not discipline is a genetic trait. This is a follow-up conversation with a subscriber

[EverAscendingSyndrome]

We are conditioned not to dream. A dreamless man is dead. He has committed spiritual suicide. If you dream there is ambition and determination. Break your chains. Forget what others say is possible.

[HM]

When you're not gifted you're going to have to develop the skill of hard work, so when you face adversity, you're prepared.
If you've never had to fight for something (because you've always been gifted and didn't need to work hard), then when the challenges come, you might not be ready.

Obviously being gifted is a great thing, but there's at least a silver lining to being 'normal'. Struggle builds character and grit, and that's valuable

[Devil-bylt]

The sight of someone suffering to achieve a goal or desire is always so artistic and beautiful. Each sweat, each blood. Transcends into something so heavenly, humans were made to suffer. With suffer you become something. But too much unnecessary suffering is the opposite.

[solipsisticpoison]

Potential is more of a concept that can be judged accurately from a retrospective standpoint. In other words you never can know you could have been if you never try to fufill as much of your possible results.

[CodeineCoffee]

As someone with ADD, I’m tempted to binge eat comfort foods throughout the day as a means of mitigating the chronic boredom caused by the condition. Despite this, I’ve been able to develop the self control required to keep to a diet and sustain a deficit for months at a time. It is definitely possible for anyone to do.

[abhishekchaudhry]

Bro you motivational video are good for give for lifting of course but also good study motivation. Good work keep up

[Aron-vefe]

This was one of the first red flags concerning Dr. Greg.

[olympic-gradelurker]

After last nights YouTube ban scare, I'm going back and watching all the videos I haven't watched. Never taking this channel for granted again.

[EverAscendingSyndrome]

Yes brother 👊. We have failed, but we never give up. We're all going to make it! - zyzz

[blackcupp]

I think you're spot on about how discipline matters even though you have talent. I'm not really a book person, but I selected a random book in the library one time and it talked several accounts about how some young people that were "successful" at like 15 or 17 years old got screwed over in their 20s and 30s because they lacked the fundamentals/discipline on the particular field they were in.

[OceanMakerVP]

22:02 Actually perfect pitch can't be trained, you either have it or you don't, but you can still develop an excelent "relative" pitch (recognising a note from it's distance in pitch with another one), that can in some cases be very similar to perfect pitch, but is actually way more useful and efficient : perfect pitch tends to detune over time, it limits the amount of work you will put in working on your ear, and makes you dependant on a skill that is, in practice, mostly unsuseful for music, and sometimes can be a handicap (Adam Neely talks about it in several of his videos if someone wants to explore this subject). Some of my friends have it, and wish they didn't. So a perfect example of hard work being VASTLY superior to genetics.

(Excellente chaîne que je découvre tout juste, bravo pour ton taf)

[zyphos]

"Absolute ear" is referred to as "perfect pitch" in English.

[NourMohamed-xezw]

What do you think about the idea of doing more volume for the entire posterior chain than the anterior chain? In what cases would you recommend doing that and why?

[Hmework]

I just heard the first part and I used to be like Conrad. I found out I have EDS, my joints are weaker plus I hold more weight in my stomach yet I didn't know so I wasn't blackpilled about it. I found out my potential for FFMI was lower. Had I known I would have given up, I didn't know and I worked out as a result.

[Keranu]

Do you have any interest in making a video on the Athlean X fake weights controversy? Doesn't seem like your kind of video, but would still be interested in hearing your thoughts.

[drewbaggerley]

hey man have you ever heard of Doggcrapp training? would love to know what you think about it

[dustencross]

This guy sounds like a big Greg Doucette fan... Genetics are not the deciding factor of greatness!!

[Maggio]

What do you think about electric lawnmowers

[adriantepesut]

Idk if you looked it up later but in English l’oreille absolue i think is perfect pitch

[DIABLOSTHCHAMBER]

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