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OftenBen  ·  2668 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ramblings: get gud

It's funny to hear the lawyer describe himself as unmotivated.

I think competitiveness is a big factor. There is a breed of human out there that really gets off on being better at a thing than someone else. Not from being good at something, but from the comparative 'Better than X at Y.' I think that type of person derives a lot of satisfaction from practice, because it's a known way to beat the living tar out of someone else.