What is your ultimate skill?

Hypothetical: A once in a lifetime proposition arises where a higher-up executive approaches in your dream field and challenges you to _______. If you win, you get an offer. If you don't, you never have an opportunity to enter said-field again.

Assuming you accept the challenge, what are you willing to bet on that you are - definitively - better than this person? Could be something like basketball, ping pong, poker, rock paper scissors, glassblowing, etc.

Ultimately, what do you truly excel at?

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time?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

What is my ultimate skill?

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Seems like a "Space Jam" question, I like it. If it's the average American executive - old and fat - I might definitely pick an athletic skill. Running is too common in case I get unlucky.

However, I'm pretty sure I type faster than any older executive, so we would have a WPM competition typathon and I would basically crush any exec.

Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes.
 

Easy - my skills are both unmatched and many 1. 40k lore 2. Binging on cheap beer and fast food 3. Shitposting on da interwebs

Bring it the fuck on

 

I always think about a variation to this question: do you possess any skill that you are better at than anyone else in the world? if not, are you likely top 10 at anything? I feel like the answer is no for most people. could be anything though- basket weaving, tying a tie, Mario kart, ping pong- would be interested to know if anyone on WSO thinks they top 10 in or even #1 at some weird/niche skill

 

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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