John Haymond

Animals follow their intuition. They have no choice, and are happy. Humans have free will. Will to ignore their intuition, and be unhappy. We have two emotions: good and bad. They are our guide to happiness.

@EdLatimore Dallas Cowboys’ Bill Bates in a nutshell. Once you decide, it’s done.

Anecdotal stories and research have an answer, and it's a reality of life you have to face with many things. You simply can't tell if your kid has real potential to go far until they've gone as far as they can. And here's a tale of two ends of it, without using outliers: 1) One on the one end. 60% of high school 5-star recruits make it to the NFL. Ok, so it's a little better than a coin flip, you'll make it *if* you're the best in the country at 18 at your position in high school. But that's still 4 out of 10 of the BEST 18-year-old high school players who don't make it to the NFL. On the flip side of this same story, on average, about a dozen "0-star" players are drafted each year. There are currently 257 draft picks, or 4%. 2) Now, for the other piece of data on this. A longitudinal study of 47 players at a top Spanish academy used bone-age data to classify biological maturation, with career outcomes tracked 15 years later. Late maturers reached professional football at 30.8% vs. 5.6% for early maturers. At follow-up, every player from the cohort competing in a top-5 European league belonged to the late-maturing group. So the answer is pretty much you can't tell until you've maxxed out and you're done developing. This is a valuable life lesson. applicable to a whole host of other things. With that said, you simply can't push someone to this if they don't have the passion, grit, and "rage to master." Economically speaking, for parents, your decision on how much to invest in your kid should have nothing to do with your kid's current ability. Only in their interest and dedication to getting better. Obviously, if your kid is 5'6", at 17, you might want to do something else with the time and money. Then again, Dennis Rodman grew from 5'9" to 6'8" from age 19 to 21, and David Robinson was 5'9" as a HS junior and grew to 7'1".

@oelma__ Happiness

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@RubinReport This character attack on Cenk is not helping you. If you have a point, make it stand on its own merit.

This is one of the most spectacular exchanges I’ve ever seen. Tucker’s excessive lying is a bit too much even for Islamist Hasan, but fellow Islamist Chunk Yogurt wants to suck off Tucker because something something Israel.

@EdLatimore @ReedRothchild12 Times have changed. I played football in the early 1970’s. It was a time when kids played in their backyard. Usually 2 on 2. One kid on my middle school team became all pro cornerback for the Browns. I quit before I got seriously injured.

@ReedRothchild12 Now if you were a starter, you earned that spot. The situation now is that to become a starter, you're competing with kids who are spending that money. So you can't even tell if you'll be good enough to start high school if you arent playing AAU.

I'll say this, from coming from the background of a "free" sport (boxing). You can not get good if you do not travel. Talent is not clustered into one hot spot. I experienced my single biggest leap in skill during the final two years of my amateur career when I was sponsored and either flown around the country to fight or guys were brought to me. Money has *always* been a barrier, it just was typically handled by either being in a school district with a decent tax base or donors.

@Beno10_MFC 1

Almost all people with high IQ underestimated this mathematical problem and ended up failing. Be smart Can you solve?

@Gosleepriya 2

Only High IQ will get it right 🤔 How many T's are in that ?

@Arden_2210 A=4

BODMAS will betray you here 😭 90% get this wrong. a = ?

@EdLatimore I’m 66. My wife is 69. This will not happen. 🤣

Men (This is hypothetical, obviously) You're out with your girl/wife, one thing leads to another, and she gets into a fist with another women. They're of equal size and there are no weapons. She is getting her ass beat. What's the protocol? Are you allowed to seperate them, jump in, or does just gotta wear that ass whopping until the cops arrive?

@NUCLRGOLF 2 iron

🚨🏌️😤 #DISCUSSION — Do you have a golf club that you struggle to hit?

@Bernie7Ng @Beno10_MFC This is true. However, the first two equations are one equation with one unknown, which are solvable on their own. Solve them and the third equation is one equation with one unknown.

@Beno10_MFC When there are 3 unknown numbers, you need 3 equations involving the unknowns to solve theim. In general, n unknowns need n equations to solve. Algebra 101.

Only the smartest nearly got the value of C. It requires top level IQ Can you solve?

@Beno10_MFC A=10 B=5 C=8 10+5x8=50

@BuzzPatterson Going up the hill is easy. Let’s see it go down that hill.

OK, this is impressive as hell. I need a Land Rover.

@JessicaVaugn If you want to read some engaging books about the relationship between God, men, and women, check out Andrew Greeley. Greeley was a catholic priest and author who a playful philosophy on life. inorderbookseries.com/authors/andrew…

Men are interesting and entertaining. God gave this earth, and everything except the overarching plot regarding what happens over to them for guardianship, in this life. If you’re angry about the direction of the plot line, the trajectory of earth, you might have a Bible deficiency. A man is not capable of shifting the tide of what will be. While he takes pride in the win of his life, he is not the author of his destiny. He is along for the ride Creator wrote for him. Individuals became even more worthy of love when I concluded even their deficiencies are assigned by God for purposes we cannot see, as is the schedule of their overcoming of such limitations. Even Moses had a speech impediment he worked around! All for the glory of God for those with eyes to see his work, everywhere, all the time!

@tyromper I think, after the first 1,000 resumes came up short, I would try a different tactic. If he wants some of his dad’s $15 million, he should offer to work for him. Rich people think nothing of giving others 1% of their net worth every year to manage their money. It’s not hard.

I don't understand the boomers that hoard all their wealth from their kids. I have a good buddy that's struggling. Married with a few kids. He's smart. Graduated university with great grades, got hired by a good company, & did everything "right." He got laid off over a year ago & told me he's sent 10,000 resumes in with no job offerings..... He's working side gigs but his family is stressed. His folks are retired & in their 70's. His dad recently told him he's got north of 15 million invested!!! My buddy said he didn't say anything & didn't want to be disrespectful but it perplexed him. Why wait until you die to gift it to your kids?! It's worth more now helping out in my opinion that in 20 years when you die & you give 25 million to a 55 year old that's also then likely set & not stressed. You can gift like what 16k a year tax free too. It's their money, & when my folks sat my sister & I down for the inheritance talk we both said we don't want/expect anything you raised us well so do you!!!! But, I guarantee if I was in this guys shoes my folks would offer help. I don't understand the logic not to.

@JessicaVaugn Ever notice that thoughts are eternal? The larger, non-physical part of us is eternal.

I see a lot of futurists around here discussing human death being abolished soon. Technologists never achieve immortality, but they will keep resolving health issues and diseases that would normally be the end of the road. “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this, the judgment.” Hebrews 9:27

@BillKristol Destroy America to save America. Sounds a bit psychotic to me.

“Expanding the Supreme Court is no different that redistricting in California and Virginia. It is a proportionate response to Republican attempts to degrade liberal democracy and move America toward a post-liberal order.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark…

@Hendrickson17 When golf rules meet engineers, the engineers win.

This is absolutely despicable behavior.

@itsrosesm 100+ in a car is one thing. On a motorcycle it becomes a religious experience.

Who here has pushed their car past 100 mph? Why did you do it?

@DividendMil Engineers need both, plus calculus.

I’m 42 years old and I am yet to ever use the Pythagorean theory in a real life setting… Another reason why financial education should be taught in schools instead of trigonometry

@JessicaVaugn My first girlfriend always asked me what I was thinking. It drove me nuts. My current wife of 42 years never asks me that, but we constantly share our thoughts and feelings. We really have to enjoy the conversation to stay engaged.

In Human, All Too Human, Nietzsche wrote: “Marriage as a long conversation. When marrying, you should ask yourself: do you believe you are going to enjoy talking with this woman into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory, but most of the time you’re together will be devoted to conversation.”