I asked my friends around. Most were unable to point out a single thing I am good at, except speaking English very well for a foreign language, and having a good willpower. One said "hmmm, maybe math?" (as it turned out, he was fast-talked by the math babble that was auraing around me for some time after having read Godel, Escher, Bach), and several pointed out that I am handsome (while a nice perk, I don't what that to be my defining proficiency).
Originally you expressed concern that all other people were better than you at all the things you might do.
But here you find out from your friends that for each thing you do there are other people around you who do it better.
In a world with 6 billion people, essentially every one of us can find people who are better at what we are good at than we are. So join the club. What works is to take some pleasure in doing things.
Only you can improve your understanding of the world, for instance. No one in the world is better at increasing your understandin...
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