# What do YOU think is your main shortfall? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2007, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800 "2007-03-21T01:27:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/21 "2007-03-21T13:54:52Z")
I’m lazy and wishy-washy. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Millamant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@Mrs.Millamant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Millamant)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/22 "2007-03-21T14:36:35Z")
I am unable to immediatly be perfect at whatever it is I am trying to do, and I have to learn things; I am not omnicient. …Or that I sometimes truly believe that the above is a personal failing. One or the other. (And I think too much.) ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/23 "2007-03-21T15:33:43Z")
[QUOTE=Mrs. Millamant] I am unable to immediatly be perfect at whatever it is I am trying to do, and I have to learn things; I am not omnicient. [/QUOTE] Is this not true for everyone? Maybe your primary shortfall is being too hard on yourself. Perfection requires time and proper practice. As for me, I have an assorment of minor shortfalls and none of them to me really stand out above the the others. I am a little too bitchy sometimes; I procrastinate a little too much now and then, I should smile more; I should speak more clearly and make better eye contact while speaking to groups; I use cuss words too often. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/24 "2007-03-21T15:43:42Z")
I avoid conflict because I am no good at fighting - I don’t know how to fight. I’m also too good at holding grief and anger at arm’s length so that I don’t feel the pain. This can’t be good, but if I let the grief in, I get practically suicidally depressed. There’s no good choice there. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/25 "2007-03-21T15:49:02Z")
My rusty and largely useless self-starting mechanism, which might work about one day a month. The rest of the time it’s like pushing myself uphill with the hand brake on. ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/26 "2007-03-21T15:50:00Z")
I’m to self-conscious and very much a perfectionist. Both of these things keep me from doing new things because I’m sure I’ll screw it up. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/27 "2007-03-21T15:55:29Z")
A lack of self motivation, and a lack of compassion for folk other than myself. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Millamant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@Mrs.Millamant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Millamant)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/28 "2007-03-21T16:03:36Z")
[QUOTE=ArchitectChore] Is this not true for everyone? Maybe your primary shortfall is being too hard on yourself. [/QUOTE] That’s what I was attempting to convey with the second bit; clearly, it made more sense inside my head. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/29 "2007-03-21T16:09:34Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] My rusty and largely useless self-starting mechanism, which might work about one day a month. The rest of the time it’s like pushing myself uphill with the hand brake on. [/QUOTE] Well put. I spend many days lying at the bottom of the hill feeling guilty. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/30 "2007-03-21T16:12:50Z")
I fall deeply in a kind of short-term lust very easily. I have little willpower. (BTW - Bad combination there, ok?) I’m lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800/31 "2007-03-21T16:26:39Z")
I’m kinda fat and can’t run for shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-is-your-main-shortfall/396800.md?page=1)