If you could purchase a skill for $1 MM, what would it be?
An interesting parlor game I recently came across: If you could purchase a skill for $1 MM, what skill would it be?
Conditions:
* You get the skill immediately upon paying the $1 MM fee, matrix download style.
* There is no limit to the number of skills that you may purchase, but you may not raise outside capital to make this purchase by selling equity in your future earnings and no bank will loan you money for this end. The idea here is that it will take you many years of hard work to achieve the wealth necessary to make this purchase - pick something that really matters to you.
* You are encouraged to list up to three skills that you considered before making a final decision. Please explicitly state your actual decision.
Examples:
* native fluency in a language
* expert skiing skills
* a PhD's knowledge of one academic subject.
These are very interesting answers and a common attitude expressed towards this question. Essentially, "Buy a skill that's physical, rather than knowledge-based because knowledge is something that's viewed as easier to gain. As they say in Basketball, 'You can't teach 7-feet'" See the follow-up questions below.
These very closely mirror my own answers... :)
To all:
The obvious follow-up questions are: * "If you care about xyz so much, why aren't you pursuing it"
* "Does the ease of acquiring these new skills devalue them in your own eyes? " - in other words, imagine you have your new skill. How much has it really enriched your life? Are you content/happy or have you moved on to taking it for granted because you didn't really work for it?
Mandarin fluency
I'd buy "Style's" skills in The Game.
I'd like to SKEET SKEET LIKE LIL JON, TO THE WINDOW TO THE WALL!!!!
either that, or the ability to do the "crank that" Soulja Boy dance.
1) Insane attention to detail and ability to focus ala Michael Burry. 2) Selective absolute recall
I'd buy Kenny Power's skill of having extraordinary hair
Well with all your banana stand money you can probably afford a couple of skills.
Skills 1. 1 second refractory period 2. Adderall type concentration without any side effects 3. Michael Phelp's metabolism without doing the exercise.
Anything else you can just learn on your own........
This has the possibility to backfire. While it may be cool at first to have the liberty to eat whatever you want without detriment, I can see it turning into a liability. IMO, unless you also get MP's body, it isn't worth it to spend an extra hour or two eating per day...shit adds up.
If you would pay a million dollars for native fluency in a language, you are what the french call, "le fucktard".
^ Yeah, if you don't have to work for it, it won't mean as much.
Id pay to see the future.
A lot of people can paint like monet, but no one else can re-invent impressionism - so the painting skill itself is useless because you wouldn't be getting his vision for art. Same goes for writing.
If the question was was whose mind would you want then we would have a different exercise on our hands.
The 'skill' to get any woman I wanted...then I wouldn't have to worry about my job, money, etc because I would find me a hot ass sugar momma
100% shooting percentage from anywhere on the court
I'd go with a photographic memory. Would save me so much time in life / my career if I could recall dates / facts / whatever with ease.
A wicked jumpshot
The power to move you.
Be able to throw a 130mph fastball, wouldn't have to do shit but play 1 out of 5 games.......
Nah, that kind of velocity, you would be a closer and play in 60 - 80 games. Awesome answer though
What was that movie where the kid messed up his arm on an escalator or something silly and then it turned into a cannon? He got on a major league team even though he was 12. It was a GREAT movie, just can't remember the name.
The obvious: power to shit little (and rounded) pure gold bullions. And maybe mind control.
X ray vision
Zoolander's Magnum
Otherwise, accurate field goal kicking out to 60 yards.
If you are going to pick a sport's skill, you might as well be the most in demand position in that sport. No matter how good you are at kicking, your salary will be capped.
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