Comments on: The myth of well-rounded http://proceeduntilapprehended.com/2010/02/09/the-myth-of-well-rounded/ Changing the world one behaviour at a time Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:21:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nevin http://proceeduntilapprehended.com/2010/02/09/the-myth-of-well-rounded/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Nevin Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:03:54 +0000 http://proceeduntilapprehended.com/?p=72#comment-266 Awesome comment Chris. I'm glad to hear I'm not alone. This was by far my most personal, revealing post yet. It's an interesting exercise to take an honest look at one's motives for why they behave the way they do. I feel like I'm peeling back layers of the proverbial onion. Awesome comment Chris. I’m glad to hear I’m not alone. This was by far my most personal, revealing post yet.
It’s an interesting exercise to take an honest look at one’s motives for why they behave the way they do. I feel like I’m peeling back layers of the proverbial onion.

]]> By: Chris http://proceeduntilapprehended.com/2010/02/09/the-myth-of-well-rounded/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Chris Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:20:25 +0000 http://proceeduntilapprehended.com/?p=72#comment-265 Nevin -- 12 and 13 year olds are indeed cruel for the reasons that you mentioned (boys in particular). I too have some truly hideous memories similar to what you have described. Ultimately, I also reacted to these situations in a similar manner to yourself. This has been a major driving force throughout my life. I once read somewhere that it is quite likely that a lot of overachieving people who aspire to high office are often people who are trying to prove a point to their 13 year old tormentors! What a sad existence this ultimately must be. Totally negative and limiting... Nevin — 12 and 13 year olds are indeed cruel for the reasons that you mentioned (boys in particular). I too have some truly hideous memories similar to what you have described. Ultimately, I also reacted to these situations in a similar manner to yourself. This has been a major driving force throughout my life.

I once read somewhere that it is quite likely that a lot of overachieving people who aspire to high office are often people who are trying to prove a point to their 13 year old tormentors! What a sad existence this ultimately must be. Totally negative and limiting…

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