Scenario 1: Let's go back in time to school days (I assume most readers are working adults).
Do you have instances where your teacher tells you you can't do certain things well, and you should just focus on a few. (E.g. instead of taking 4 A level H2 subjects, you should take just 3). They feel you do not have an aptitude to do 4 in the final A levels. The reason is you didn't ready yourself for one of the exams and didn't do well overall.
Are you not ready to take 4 A level H2 subjects during A level?
Scenario 2: Now, you are in your company.
So you tried for a position in your company, or is looking to a promotion in a company, and you didn't get it? What reason does your company give?
I'm not sure about other company, but mine gives the reason that ' you are not ready'. If you ask what can you do to get that position next time, they would tell you, you could do A- Z list, and the manager will happily help you put it in your business plan. And you do the A- Z list. The next time you try again, you didn't get it. And the reason is, well, although you have done A- Z, someone is more ready than you. And then, they dropped a hint that you shouldn't apply anymore.
Are you not ready for the position?
Scenario 3: Now, as a parent, I sent my kid to an enrichment centre. This enrichment centre says it caters to ability rather than age, and it promotes kids to the next level based on ability.
I know my daughter is a fast learner. Only problem, she is very shy and doesn't talk freely. Furthermore, when you over- test her, she starts telling you wrong answers purposely. But because of this, the centre does not want to promote her to the next level. And she's stuck learning the things that she already know. (As a side note, of course, I withdrew her from the centre, and decided I should do the teaching myself.)
Is my daughter not ready?
What do you think about these three scenarios?
There will always be naysayers, especially we are starting out. Most will gloss over your short-comings more than your abilities. There is a saying that we should always listen to people's advice, so that we can improve. But as I experience more, I can only say advice are just words that come out of their mouth based on people's motivation and bias. You do not need to agree with what they say (even if they are supposedly specialist in that field).
If you think you are ready, but just not given the opportunity, then look for other ways to get the opportunity. Like scenario 2 and 3. For scenario 1, you can simply ignore the teacher (unless forced by school). In fact, when I was giving tuition, I have students who insisted on taking 4 subjects despite the schools' incessant advice not to, and did really well for all subjects in their A levels at the end of the day.
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