Can I still be world class if I start late?

[Magnanimous]

I've slowly realized over a course of years that writing isn't my true passion; I've tricked myself into believing it. Now I realize charisma is what my true passion is.

But I'm 17 now. With horrible social skills (not talent, I have done insane things because of my talent.) I've heard that mastery takes 5 years, but greatness takes 10-20 years. I'm worried that with my advanced age I won't be able to achieve world class status because of the energy fall off you experience when you enter your thirties.

Could I still do it?

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Edited November 3, 2024 by Magnanimous
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[Raze]

What would world class status charisma look like? 

[Thought Art]

Wow I totally read chess! My mind be playing tricks on me.

[Thought Art]

@Magnanimous Yeah man, age 17 is probably the perfect age to start working this. Consult chatgpt to create a training regimine for yourself. Ask for things you can do, resources, etc..

Probably the best thing is to get loads of social practice. So, that is something exciting to look forward to.

[Magnanimous]

19 minutes ago, Thought Art said:

@Magnanimous Yeah man, age 17 is probably the perfect age to start working this. Consult chatgpt to create a training regimine for yourself. Ask for things you can do, resources, etc..

Probably the best thing is to get loads of social practice. So, that is something exciting to look forward to.

@Thought ArtHow come you think it's perfect? If I were to raise a kid who had legendary charismatic talent I would've had him practicing charisma when he can first hold a conversation

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[Princess Arabia]

1 hour ago, Magnanimous said:

But I'm 17 now.

 

1 hour ago, Magnanimous said:

I'm worried that with my advanced age

Lol. The disease is getting younger. Lol

[Thought Art]

@Magnanimous Well, you didn’t. 17 is a great age because your very young, and about to go through some of the most social opportunities of one’s life.

[Princess Arabia]

1 hour ago, Magnanimous said:

I won't be able to achieve world class status because of the energy fall off you experience when you enter your thirties.

I'm over 40 and still going strong.

[Xonas Pitfall]

17 is absolutely the perfect age!

Plus, there’s no reason to feel bummed about it—today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again!

[hyruga]

Depends on what you meant by world class. It's your own definition and perception of the word.

If you want to be number one most charismatic person in the world, that's going to be near impossible. 

If you want to be top 5% in the world, that might still be possible.

 

[Lyubov]

You don’t have anything else to focus on but loving yourself and staying connected to oneness and then striving and doing your best and learning from your mistakes. Don’t go into all this future thinking and whatnot. Just go and focus on the moment, focus on deconstruction of these limiting beliefs, and you will create a beautiful life for yourself. 

[Magnanimous]

1 hour ago, hyruga said:

If you want to be number one most charismatic person in the world, that's going to be near impossible. 

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@hyrugaout of curiousity how long do you think it would take to be no.1?

I don't think I'll go for it but because of my interest in charisma I'd want to know

Edited November 3, 2024 by Magnanimous

[Yimpa]

How do you define charisma? 

[Sandhu]

1 hour ago, Lyubov said:

You don’t have anything else to focus on but loving yourself and staying connected to oneness and then striving and doing your best and learning from your mistakes. Don’t go into all this future thinking and whatnot. Just go and focus on the moment, focus on deconstruction of these limiting beliefs, and you will create a beautiful life for yourself. 

@Magnanimous This is a very good piece of advice. Your core focus in life should be Self-Love. 99% people chase things they believe will give them that love which only they can give themselves. 

 I'm not trying to judge you. Maybe becoming most charismatic is your true passion and life purpose but most probably it's not bcoz it lacks meaning. 

Edited November 3, 2024 by Sandhu

[Magnanimous]

15 minutes ago, Sandhu said:

 I'm not trying to judge you. Maybe becoming most charismatic is your true passion and life purpose but most probably it's not bcoz it lacks meaning. 

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@SandhuI don't even think it's my life purpose, I just know it's my Zone of Genius and it's something I wanna master

[hyruga]

2 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

@hyrugaout of curiousity how long do you think it would take to be no.1?

I don't think I'll go for it but because of my interest in charisma I'd want to know

It depends on your own definition but in mine, there is no number 1.

For example, Lionel Messi is highly regarded to be the number 1 footballer in the modern era. 

But if there is a situation where the ball comes to him at a height and coming very fast, then someone like C.Ronaldo can run faster or head better than Messi so in that situation, C.Ronaldo is actually no 1.

 

[Davino]

@Magnanimous How is it possible that Charisma is your true passion yet you have horrible social skills?

Isn't your mind tricking you again in the same way it did with writing?

A little map in case it helps you

Consider taking the Life Purpose course to dig in deep and discover your true meaning in Life

Edited November 3, 2024 by Davino

[Ayham]

Aside from the thread topic, I am indeed happy to have found another 17 years old here in addition to @toasty7718.

 

Now regarding the actual topic, you are right to feel a bit late, it is human nature after all, we tend to look at the more negative parts in ourselves and look at the positives in others, you may look at people who started when they are 7 and think "oh man... I am so late".

One key skill we aim to develop as people looking to master our own minds and "self-actualize" is to be aware of thoughts that you actually deep down now are wrong and harmful, but they keep playing games on you, deep down you know you are not late, deep down you know you can still do stuff well, so just let go of these thoughts, consider that you winning means facing this perfectionist self of yours.

 

Think of the ideal person in your situation, would they sit and be like "but oh man... I am so late"? of course not.
Think of someone world class, most of the time they did not even aim to be world class, but rather they were so in love with what they were doing that they focused on doing it.

For me I have two areas to master:

• AI engineering 
• Writing 

My actual zone of genius would be finding answers and understanding the world through all sorts of fields from spirituality to philosophy to history to religions to sociology to physics to anything, the impact I want to make is to create a revolution in thinking, creating some sort of stage yellow society that has the capability of switching lenses between worldviews, to teach and inspire people, and writing is something I am passionate about and puts me in flow, AI is fascinating for me and its very relevant.

Both of these I am not really an expert in yet, but I try to look at 10 years, I have a plan to become world class in both.

And keep in mind, in this distracted modern world, most people aren't doing serious hard deep work or training, it is much easier to become world class, the standard is lower.

We need to develop the ability to actually work deeply and hard, one or two hours a day, for 10 years, you would be scary good at whatever field you choose.
Find a way to constantly train your charisma.

And plus, you could even begin at 20 and you are not too late, we have a lot of resources these days, you can shortcut the process of mastery by finding masters in your field and directly learning from them, whether in person or books or online, this is a fascinating age we live in for this very reason.

 

You got this, your worrying shows you have ambition and that's a good marker of success, just don't let your perfectionism stand in the way, it is a demon you will have to beat, I will have to beat it as well.

[Ayham]

I just read an old post of yours talking about how you want like minded friends.
I met @toasty7718 here, he dmed me a year go after seeing I am 16 as well, and we are great self-actualization friends, we joke around a lot and have fun and also have positive influence and share resources and talk cool stuff.

Purely online though as we live on different sides of the world lol.

Wanna be friends?

[Rigel]

13 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

I've heard that mastery takes 5 years, but greatness takes 10-20 years. 

This is false. Mastery doesn’t have an end point. You will never achieve greatness. Yeah people that aren’t as far on the path will call you great but you yourself will never achieve greatness. There’s always more to learn. Forever. Fall in love with the process.

You aren’t late at all.
Go wild. Discipline yourself & do the work.