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sankumsek | 2 years ago

Sure - but imagine someone doesn't have your drive or experiences of studying being an opportunity climb upwards. IMO, individuals that are lacking your desire + intentionality would benefit from this.

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user_7832|2 years ago

> but imagine someone doesn't have your drive

Sometimes, the lack of drive is because it's not something you really want to do.

Caveat: while not super common, in my case the "not having the drive despite being x/y/z good traits" just turned out to be undiagnosed ADHD. Dopamine is strongly linked with willingness to do tasks and is affected in ADHD. Of course this isn't the case for everybody, but if you/someone is chronically late/procrastinates, is very unorganized/messy, struggles to finish tasks etc - it's worth googling executive dysfunction at the very least, and then perhaps talking with your doctor.

tomcam|2 years ago

Well I started out not being motivated to study, and not knowing how. I had to cobble these skills together as an adult.