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What skill or talent took you longer than it should have to learn? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I find this hard to believe. Are you thinking talent shows and CV accomplishments? We've got a whole society of people undervaluing their soft skills, and work traditionally relegated to women.

I personally am one of these people who doesn't ever get to the point where I feel I am an expert in a skill. I really love to learn enough to understand what "my" experts are talking about, and understand why they love it. Then I usually move onto something else to see if there's a better fit.

Having people in my life lavishing praise upon me for things that I don't consider that impressive is probably something that helps keep perspective, though, and I guess that is an experience I wish more people had.