"Everyone is doing the best that they can do with what they have"

[SelfHelpGuy]

True or False?

[r0ckyreed]

False! 

This is my Devil Post 666!! Beware or be scared!
 

Nobody is doing the best that they can do with what they have. 

Now that is true. Your best is infinite because you are God. You will never reach your best potential because your ability to improve is infinite.

Have humans done their best at beating the world record? No. World records are getting broken every year. 
 

There is no limit to what you can do. The only limit is what you imagine. 
 

What you call “best” changes with time.

My best today will be average next year. 

You can always do more and improve. You are never at your best.

This is my Devil Post 666!!!! Beware or be scared!  

Edited August 24, 2022 by r0ckyreed

[Hello from Russia]

That's bullshit, of course, but it can be a great soothing line when talking about the past to calm someone or yourself

I think the better line tho is - it is as it is or it was as it was - so you don't really project any judgement on a situation but still sort of surrender to the situation

Edited August 24, 2022 by Hello from Russia

[Yarco]

False - In the sense that if you take a lazy person who sits around and does nothing all day, you could force them to do manual labor with the threat of violence, and they would be 100% more productive.

True - On a technicality, because of the "with what they have" part. If some external force is working on a person, whether that's forced labor, or even something positive like just providing motivation, then by definition it's something outside themselves that's allowing them to do better. In a fatalistic sense, in any given moment, everyone is doing the only thing they could possibly be doing.

I think a better question would be "Are most people operating below their true potential" - to which I'd answer a resounding yes.

You have the ability to reach out for help or seek out information from videos, books, etc and learn to do better

[Danioover9000]

@SelfHelpGuy

3 hours ago, SelfHelpGuy said:

True or False?

   Both, depending on your stage of development, cognitive and moral development, personality types, state of consciousness, life experiences, other lines of development, worldviews and biases you are indoctrinated with that distorts this statement as 'true or false?'.

[Ulax]

Almost agree. Everyone is doing what they think is best for them imo

[Razard86]

Its both. Its a paradox. Such is life.

[Tyler Robinson]

Actually true. We have a survival instinct that sort of pushes us to do the best that we can all the time with regard to our circumstances.. 

[BipolarGrowth]

Completely false. No one has ever done their absolute best, but David Goggins comes close. 

[Razard86]

I love the irony of all the answers....especially the most recent one. I didn't know you met every person on the planet and know that only David Goggins alone has come close.....lol. That is an impressive feat especially since there are over 7 billion people on the planet. THAT is impressive!!

[Leo Gura]

If you cleanse your mind of all bias you will realize this:

Reality is Perfect.

[BlessedLion]

True- because the best they have is also their consciousness and motivation levels. So if they “have” all the books on self improvement for example but have the consciousness level and freinds that push them to jerk off to video games all day, that actually is them doing their best. Their best is them being depressed and unmotivated because their mind couldn’t be any other way because that’s where it is at. They don’t have a mind that says “hey, let’s stop doing this and read some books!” 

[gettoefl]

never a more true statement written

[JTL]

@Leo Gura how do you drop bias ? ?

[BipolarGrowth]

14 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

If you cleanse your mind of all bias you will realize this:

Reality is Perfect.

A fucking men. 
 

It almost sounds more authentic to say it’s better than perfect. It’s fucking unimaginable. People don’t realize how rare of a shot in the possible iterations experience being a human being on planet earth is. You can get fully enlightened. You can be a billionaire. You can do whatever the fuck you want to a certain extent if you’re willing to put in the work. People, my past self being one of the world’s worst offenders, do not realize that the path to the good life is paved with suffering. More than suffering though, it’s paved with pain and difficulty. People don’t realize that pain and difficulty can be like a gift from God wrapped in gold if you discover the mindset of — I can fucking do this. This is a blessing. This is awe inspiring in every Planck length of time. 

Edited August 25, 2022 by BipolarGrowth

[SelfHelpGuy]

@Leo Gura

Yes, maybe best to surrender to it then ?

[Leo Gura]

1 hour ago, JTL said:

@Leo Gura how do you drop bias ? ?

Observe, identify, question, and deconstruct all your biases.

[UnbornTao]

Not a fan of generalizing stuff.

However:

There's a lot of disempowering (ineffective, unhealthy) behavior done by pretty much everyone. And it isn't necessary.

So I'd say no.

Edited August 25, 2022 by UnbornTao

[Kshantivadin]

18 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

If you cleanse your mind of all bias you will realize this:

Reality is Perfect.

Do you agree with this quote?

"The love of God is the fire of hell" - St Isaac the Syrian

[BlessedLion]

6 hours ago, BipolarGrowth said:

A fucking men. 
 

It almost sounds more authentic to say it’s better than perfect. It’s fucking unimaginable. People don’t realize how rare of a shot in the possible iterations experience being a human being on planet earth is. You can get fully enlightened. You can be a billionaire. You can do whatever the fuck you want to a certain extent if you’re willing to put in the work. People, my past self being one of the world’s worst offenders, do not realize that the path to the good life is paved with suffering. More than suffering though, it’s paved with pain and difficulty. People don’t realize that pain and difficulty can be like a gift from God wrapped in gold if you discover the mindset of — I can fucking do this. This is a blessing. This is awe inspiring in every Planck length of time. 

Bang onnn!

Edited August 26, 2022 by BlessedLion