Fighting as a psychological behavior has almost no relation to fighting as a skill
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I don’t recall bullying being a big problem. There were isolated incidents but it was never a a formative factor. Neither was sports. So not quite sure where my beliefs and attitudes about fighting came from. Certainly wasn’t the one year of crappy karate lessons I took.
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At some point I got intellectually interested, but by then I had already formed basic attitude: avoid fights, especially fair ones. But if you must fight, fight unfair (but not dirty) and finish before other guy starts. Fait accomplis are the only way if you have no talent for it
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This is obviously high-skill in physical fights, but I wonder why more people don’t adopt this basic no-brainer attitude in low-skill situations like office politics. If you *know* your proposal is going to be reviewed same as Guy With Dumb Idea, why *would* you fight “fair”?
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Why would you go head-to-head when you know other guy is lazy and you could win simply by talking to people before the proposal pitch meeting and putting in more 2x work on the PowerPoint? No need to be John Wick for this.
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I don’t think I’ve ever won anything more complex than a ping-pong game in straight-up head-to-head competition relying on actual skills in an even match-up. In a way, being below average in athletic ability protects you from temptation of trying to be “good” at fighting.
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Fighting is an expression of illusory agency
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