SeriousSam said:
There's research showing that being tall is a good for you controlling for background characteristics. Hich mentioned personality being what's really important, but I'm all but certain being tall would predict positive outcomes holding constant a personality measure such as the Big Five traits (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits)
You might not think it's a big deal, Brullnux, but research suggests taller version of you would likely be doing better in life.
And be better at tennis.
There's life outside the research lab as well though. Research shows Its bad to smoke but some smokers life to a 100. Research Or logic would give trump no chance of becoming president. And yet...
I'll come out of the closet. Im 171 cm. Most of the people my height I know would claim that as 175 but *** that, I'm gonna be honest it's 171, and To claim otherwise would be to accept the paradigm that smaller is worse.
Knowing several small people I can tell you once you get inside their heads many are insecure as *** about their height. The limiting beliefs it causes are immense.
This is the reason taller people do better imo. Cos small people tend to let it effect their heads. But at the end of the day it's all mental. El chapo is 165 cm. Theirs flaws in using him as an example But At the end of the day that is a brutal industry where small things like height are amplified and he hasn't let it effect him. How much "better" could he have done from his humble beginings if he was taller. What about messi? Yeah I give a 190cm John doe a better chance than a 170cm John doe at life, but the 170cm version can Definately with the right mindset overcome it.
I have a close friend whos about 160. Smallest guy in any room he ever enters. He's also the centre of our social circle and number 1 on anyone's list of people they will remember. He doesn't give a *** about height, or if he did it was long ago he is just confident and a good guy. Or maybe he's smart and knows how to play the game. I rarely meet guys no matter how tall who don't rapidly accept him as the leader.
Also leaving aside personal experience, I reject this simplified idea that any 1 variable automatically guarantees a better life. "Research" as you like to say, after all also shows that money after a certain point Is more likely to contribute to depression than hapiness. If being tall is so much better then small people will confront problems earlier in life, deal with them and become stronger. That's just how life works. Its why people born in *** situations often end up succeeding so much.
Its one of the reasons why I'm so much against the sjw identity politics of "our group is a victim". The world is never that simple.
Personally I rarely find height to be limiting at all. Everyone in the world has weaknesses and most people are insecure. If you learn how to deal with people, manage social situations, be a leader etc the world is your oyster no matter what limitations research claims you may have.
Its such a superficial variable. How people so in life is based on so much else (if they don't let the superficial variables get to them)
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