# If you were more talented/ambitious...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-more-talented-ambitious/661825>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 24, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-more-talented-ambitious/661825 "2013-06-24T21:25:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-more-talented-ambitious/661825/21 "2013-06-25T13:42:40Z")

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Frank Lloyd Wright – the good and the bad parts  
Charles Bukowski – the good and the bad parts  
Enzo Anselmo Ferrari

> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#):
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> …Bernie Taupin … the right partner

I sometimes wonder if Bernie would have gotten anywhere without having Sir Elton as his delivery boy.

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**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-more-talented-ambitious/661825/22 "2013-06-25T14:29:47Z")

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My “talents” lie in the adaptation of the hard work of other people and writing to specific styles, so I’d probably be a staff writer or one of those guys who punches up rough drafts, rather than a celebrity.

Maybe Weird Al, as I enjoy song parodies and playing with words.

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**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-more-talented-ambitious/661825/23 "2013-06-25T15:54:45Z")

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Well, I’d have learned to play my guitar, instead of strumming it badly. My voice would have to be better (my daughter’s first complete sentence was “Stop singing, Daddy!”), and few more intermediate steps, and then I’d be:  
James Taylor

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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-more-talented-ambitious/661825/24 "2013-06-25T16:00:11Z")

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I would be Heraclitus, first to teach creative thinking.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-more-talented-ambitious/661825/25 "2013-06-25T16:16:44Z")

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If I was more dedicated, I might have had a career like [Galen Rowell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galen_Rowell) or [David Breashears](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Breashears). If I was a **lot** more dedicated (and a little crazy), I might have ended up like [Mike Fay](http://www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers/bios/michael-fay/).

Lacking that drive and talent, I’m reasonably content to spend as much time in the outdoors with my camera as possible.

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