Pushing Limits

[PrincessNeko]

Have you ever thought about how far you can push yourself in both mind and body? What about how far you SHOULD push yourself?

What determines how far you should push yourself (think about politics and the need for change in a governmental system or the limits of the human body)? What are you willing to give up to reach a new level of excellence?

Everytime you think about something, do you think about what could possibly be beyond that? What are the perks? What are the setbacks to thinking like this?

I was thinking of these questions because I've noticed that Great People have pushed social and physical limits...Great People, but also Terrible ones.

How do you divide the two?

[eulalia]

My first reaction is to say that the good people push themselves to better mankind. The first example that comes to my mind is athletes, but are steroids really for the better of mankind?

[WaterPheonix]

the line is very thin and blurily defined, with lots of shades of gray in btween. but there are people who help set apart the two opposites.

[Mistress-Whisky]

fireflyneko

Have you ever thought about how far you can push yourself in both mind and body? What about how far you SHOULD push yourself?

What determines how far you should push yourself (think about politics and the need for change in a governmental system or the limits of the human body)? What are you willing to give up to reach a new level of excellence?

Everytime you think about something, do you think about what could possibly be beyond that? What are the perks? What are the setbacks to thinking like this?

I was thinking of these questions because I've noticed that Great People have pushed social and physical limits...Great People, but also Terrible ones.

How do you divide the two?

Great people generally push the limits to better themselves and are only considered "great" in hindsight - i mean how many times have you had an idea at 3am slept happily on how great it was and then read it back at 10am only to find out it was rubbish?

[ChaosRose]

fireflyneko

Have you ever thought about how far you can push yourself in both mind and body? What about how far you SHOULD push yourself?

What determines how far you should push yourself (think about politics and the need for change in a governmental system or the limits of the human body)? What are you willing to give up to reach a new level of excellence?

Everytime you think about something, do you think about what could possibly be beyond that? What are the perks? What are the setbacks to thinking like this?

I was thinking of these questions because I've noticed that Great People have pushed social and physical limits...Great People, but also Terrible ones.

How do you divide the two?

Well...I guess...you should push yourself depening on what you're striving for. I mean, using 100% of the human brain is one of the things people want to do. But when you see people who use more that 25% of the human brain, which I think is the average brain use, you'll see that most of those people are almost invalids. They can't do much by themselves. So if we wanted to use 100% of the human brain, would that make us smarter or not? ARe we willing to give up what we have for this greater intelligence? It's hard to say. Maybe we are and maybe we're not.

^_^' but I'm off subject here.

[saint dreya]

ChaosRose

Well...I guess...you should push yourself depening on what you're striving for. I mean, using 100% of the human brain is one of the things people want to do. But when you see people who use more that 25% of the human brain, which I think is the average brain use, you'll see that most of those people are almost invalids. They can't do much by themselves. So if we wanted to use 100% of the human brain, would that make us smarter or not? ARe we willing to give up what we have for this greater intelligence? It's hard to say. Maybe we are and maybe we're not.

^_^' but I'm off subject here.

humans use all of their brain...i repeat, all of their brain. most of the brain is grey matter, involved in memories and their emotional meanings and nuances.

as to greater intelligence...you are born with a limit. whether or not you reach that limit is your choice...and to find it as well. (source: my psychology book for PSY 101)

finding that limit in intelligence and physicallity is what i'm going to think is being addressed. in which case, i don't think enough people are trying to find it. but those who do, and know their true limits, can then work with them. they become unstoppable forces, almost. they become great people...but it is just as likely they could be terrible as 'good'.

two such people, in my opinion, were born and raised in about the same time range. they were put on opposite sides of the gameboard (humor the analogy) and sea. they both helped their countrymen out of the depression, made more jobs readily available. both sought betterment for mankind (that blows most of the arguments i've seen, out of the water)...it was their definition of mankind, however, that differed. kudos to those who can name these people.

adolf hitler and franklin d. rosevelt

[Invictus_88]

fireflyneko

Have you ever thought about how far you can push yourself in both mind and body? What about how far you SHOULD push yourself?

My dear girl, if you weren't a mouldering zombie, I could give you a practical demonstration of excellence in the pushing of physical boundaries. Notably, yours.

wink

[gileads_finest19]

It is impossible to find a clear line between the two. People will always find evil in the good, and good in the evil. With no way to really determine the difference, it is, and always will be, different for each individual.

[PrincessNeko]

Mistress-Whisky

fireflyneko

Have you ever thought about how far you can push yourself in both mind and body? What about how far you SHOULD push yourself?

What determines how far you should push yourself (think about politics and the need for change in a governmental system or the limits of the human body)? What are you willing to give up to reach a new level of excellence?

Everytime you think about something, do you think about what could possibly be beyond that? What are the perks? What are the setbacks to thinking like this?

I was thinking of these questions because I've noticed that Great People have pushed social and physical limits...Great People, but also Terrible ones.

How do you divide the two?

Great people generally push the limits to better themselves and are only considered "great" in hindsight - i mean how many times have you had an idea at 3am slept happily on how great it was and then read it back at 10am only to find out it was rubbish?

See, that's the problem...hindsight as well as foresight. With many circumstances of pushing boundaries, the more you strive for, the more you risk in respect to for what it is that you are striving. Alexander became a Great Man regardless of what brought him to the height of fame...because he succeeded. Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov failed and became a villain...a criminal.

Is this all chance?

[Freak Spawn]

it all depends on how far you are willing to go. if you are willing to push to the end, do it and two steps farther