How did you get where you are today?

**kingwilly** · 03-02-2009, 09:27 PM

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

Otherwise I would have been there by now you must know that

yeah yeah yeah, that's what they all say!

**Wallalai** · 03-02-2009, 10:01 PM

I'm a gigolo.

**melvbot** · 03-02-2009, 10:29 PM

I got where I am today by not being where I was yesterday and thinking of being somewhere else tomorrow.

**jizzybloke** · 03-02-2009, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Gotta think about some other ugly fat TD member to join us then!

I'm working on it mate!

**Mr Earl** · 04-02-2009, 12:18 AM

This is like the Talking Heads song

**barbaro** · 04-02-2009, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

I didn't get where I am today by posting threads like this on internet forums, but my question is this.....

Did you get where you are today by hard work, or were you just meandering along lifes path, or was it all luck?

You must be fairly succesful, after all you are still alive, you have a computer and you managed to get a passport. So what do you put it down to?

You're question itself is over-simplified.

It's also puerile.

There are many, many, factors.

Factors that you've mentioned, and additional ones.

I suggest you read Outliers by Malcom Gladwell, and other books I shall steer you to.

Good day.

**NickA** · 04-02-2009, 12:33 AM

I'm about 3 miles from where I was born.

That's a average velocity of about 0.00001 miles per hour south.

That's about half as fast as a banana slug

"A large banana slug has been observed to cover 6.5 inches in 120 minutes. At that rate, a tortoise would seem fleet-footed."

**Wallalai** · 04-02-2009, 02:18 AM

^ And your avatar sucks, ... good night.

**pickel** · 04-02-2009, 02:40 AM

I got where I am today by making decisions right or wrong, and only my demise will distinguish the two.

**The Gentleman Scamp** · 04-02-2009, 02:42 AM

How did you get where you are today?

I'm not quite there yet.

**astasinim** · 04-02-2009, 02:47 AM

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

Did you get where you are today by hard work, or were you just meandering along lifes path, or was it all luck?

Worked hard, never gave up, and got a lucky break

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

You must be fairly succesful, after all you are still alive, you have a computer and you managed to get a passport. So what do you put it down to?

Its all subjective really. What I consider successful, you may not, and vice versa. I`m not rich, and never will be in my line of work, but, I help make a difference to peoples lives, so I consider myself successful.

Originally Posted by chitown

I have gotten where I am today because I have gotten right back up every time life knocked me down.

Same here, and always learned something from the experience too.

**Redrum** · 04-02-2009, 03:02 AM

I was brought up woefully lacking in guidance & it shows in my life today, but I think you get two lives - the one you are given & the one you make for yourself.

I also believe you do not choose what you will become, but that you become the sum of your choices.

I'm looking forward to seeing where I end up.

**NickA** · 04-02-2009, 03:04 AM

**NickA** · 04-02-2009, 03:11 AM

Ha ha, Banana slug, you might be fast, but you're not looking where your going!

**Jet Gorgon** · 04-02-2009, 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by Milkman

I suggest you read Outliers

I do want to read that book.

I made it on my own. Never complain and never explain (Disraeli, not that stupid Hemingway chick). Decided what I wanted, and went out to get it. Sure, went thru some really sh*te times, but you pick yourself up and bladdy well get on with it. Had many great times, too, even when we had nothing (hey, how many friends can you feed with one box of Kraft dinner? Many, as long as you have Hendrix, Joplin and alot of laughs for dessert).

**nedwalk** · 04-02-2009, 06:10 AM

i always believed there is no such thing a s luck, you are given choices and its up to you whether they are right or wrong, i was just reflecting last night about this recession shit, the last one we had i did good and at this point its looking bloody good again for 09 if i can get a few round poles in the square ones thing will fall into place, and i believe in myself and i don,t really give a fuck if others don,t like my decisions after all they are mine..so hard work and the right choices got me here and a bit of money will get me there

**filch** · 04-02-2009, 09:44 AM

Already explained my tale of how I got here today to MissisMiggins:

https://teakdoor.com/the-teakdoor-lou...tml#post941654 (Beyond Reality!)

**reinvented** · 04-02-2009, 10:17 AM

meandered in search of hedonism, was led by and mastered circumstance at the right times
not really planned but not entirely random

its a good question

**Missismiggins** · 04-02-2009, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

I didn't get where I am today by posting threads like this on internet forums, but my question is this.....

Did you get where you are today by hard work, or were you just meandering along lifes path, or was it all luck?

You must be fairly succesful, after all you are still alive, you have a computer and you managed to get a passport. So what do you put it down to?

Luck and a flight by TG

**MeMock** · 04-02-2009, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by slimboyfat

Did you get where you are today by hard work, or were you just meandering along lifes path, or was it all luck?

Good parents, some hard work, and some luck.

That about sums me up as well.

**Missismiggins** · 04-02-2009, 08:37 PM

I reckon most of it is luck, we didn't go to school / college etc. with the dream of ending up here...it's a bit of a path, probably for most "NOT PLANNED", me for one never expected to be living here, it just sort of "turned out "this way!

**Happyman** · 05-02-2009, 01:01 AM

Being in the right place at the right time when a door opened !

**Loy Toy** · 05-02-2009, 01:18 AM

I was offered a trip here by the Thai government, paid for in full and staying at the Ambassador Hotel on Sukhumvit (11 days in all).

My responsibility was to hold seminars at a few Universities about product design and production machine building, meet a few local manufactures and I did make contact my now partner during that visit.

Never knew anything about Thailand and would never have come here if it was not for that first offer.

**S Landreth** · 05-02-2009, 02:01 AM

Patience, foresight, devotion, persistence and focusing (maybe to a fault of obsession)

**NickA** · 05-02-2009, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Patience, foresight, devotion, persistence and focusing (maybe to a fault of obsession)

What are you, a peeping tom?

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