So you guys remember the kids who always Sucked at kickball/baseball in school?
 

you know, the ones that just sucked and no one wanted on their team, the guys usually stuck out in right field and batted last.

i think that correlation can be drawn towards webmasters, too.

me, right now, i'm probably a left fielder in that regard, i have potential through the sites i've been working on the past 8 months which aren't quite complete yet.. but i intend to be the pitcher, as i once was in baseball :winkwink:

as athleticism is the determining factor of a person's skill being an athlete, what is it that determines a person's chances of being a successful webmaster? obviously a certain degree of intelligence is needed, but i think most importantly (and this is probably universal in most things in life), motivation and drive is the key.

but can a person succeed on minimal intelligence and strong drive alone? or does it require something else, something nearly genetic like a good business sense? can a strong sense of business really be learned?

discuss :winkwink:

Nobody wants to play with me. :(

yeah luck

Some of the stupidest people on this board are the most successful. Of course most of the morons are broke and a lot of the intelligent ones are broke too.

Sorry, this proves nothing.

i am proud to admit i was one of those kids picked in the lower half for sports

i was an uncoordinated piece of shit in my younger years

i played football in high school but i was nothing stellar

however most (but obviously not all) of those guys who were good at sports are probably now doing landscape work so fuck them

i forgot my moral:

everyone is good at something
if ur not good at anything then try landscaping

Yeah all the jocks I knew are mostly sales guys at computer stores now. :1orglaugh

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I got picked near the top for soccer I was a great goalie I still regret I didn´t pursue it instead of spending my time on partying :(

No one wanted to play me either, I was the shortest and smallest one in school, and I was always afraid of the ball. Whenever someone threw the ball at me I would run :( :helpme
because I didn't want to get hit in the face!

I had a bad childhood :(

idiot

Does that mean he is banned?

SleazyDream
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IMO, it comes down to 3 basic things.

Good Business Sense, Connections and Follow Through

The kids like that when I went to school are now high power lawyers, computer millionaires, and CFOs of major corporations :)

Sometimes finding your niche outside the field can be very beneficial :thumbsup

Actually I excelled at sports, was very popular in school, etc.
Your generalization is just that, a generalization.

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