Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!macsuppor From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Nick F "hobbled" by DEnnis!!!! Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 23:27:01 +0100 Organization: Debri Productions Lines: 44 Message-ID: <1ddd2a5.14ta732dribnkN@a1-88-122.a1.nl> References: <35C8656E.EC8288B0@nospam.easynet.co.uk> <6qap8q$7vo10@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <1ddcm3v.spxugm8k63oqN@a1-88-104.a1.nl> <35C9CE58.1FB@saqnet.co.uk> <35C9D6AB.12CC@manc.u-net.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: a1-88-122.a1.nl X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.3 (unregistered) James Shaughnessy wrote: > Nick Ferguson wrote: > > Mmm. Sorry, guys. I rather regret posting my previous mail - I hope > > people don't think I fancy myself too much. At the end of the day I > > really only do my website/yaroze diary/NG posts a fair bit because I > > enjoy being a Yarozer so much. > > Not at all Nick. The only impression I got from your message > was that you have utmost enthusiasm for learning the art, no > arrogance at all. I think DEnnis just has trouble sometimes with > understanding English (I don't just mean your spelling DEn!) > and how subtle expressions can change the context entirely. Maybe your right Jim, I do need to translate it all and sometimes impressions may be taken wrong by me. Trust me, I do think that enthusiasm is great. And the memberst that met me at the course can tell you that I realy am enthusiastic myself. Only in Holland we mean with enthusiasm something like going for your goal and do that with 120%. Realy wanting something and trying to give it all to get there. Bigheaded in Holland is thinking that you already did it and that you achieved your goal. Don't think I'm taking out on Nick. I see him as one of my friends wich whom I can have great discussions. He's critic, has humor and it's always fun to chat with him. See, when I give him a compliment it's different than giving yourself a tap on the back. But I know Nick didn't mean to pat his own back. > You are like me perhaps in the respect that we can often become > over-enthusiastic about something, and can maybe appear > conceited/egotistical to someone who doesn't quite get where > your coming from. In my opinion (BIG HEAD BIG HEAD ;)) enthusiasm > is THE MOST important attribute (+ (1<<27) sorry, C on the brain :)) > when it comes to being the best at what you do. > The best example here I can think of is why Michael Schumacher is > accepted as being the best F1 driver: He LOVES to race, and LOVES > to win, just that bit more than all the others. > Believe me, I'm over-enthusiastictoo sometimes, but that isn't the issue. And I don't think that Michael Schumacher is a good comparison. Michael Schumacher already made his way to the top, and we didn't (yet). Cheers DEnnis..