"They're just better people..."

[SilentCom]

I don't know but I do know I have low self-worth so pretty much anyone who has confidence and some kind of skill I view as being better than me.

 

[ScreamSlayer]

ANy one that can sing better than me, generally, not to the point of not talking to them... unless they;re maynard keenan or the guy from death cab or something, and if they can dance well ( how i wish i could shuffle better) , or if they are very artistic.

 

[bigwon]

"there's things you can do = things you want to do"
some wise azz mufucka"

 

[DonMartin]

I love skills. I love the ideal of the Renaissance Man. That said, I dont worship whoever has them. If someone has a certain skill or ability I am not familiar with, I become genuinely interested, fascinated and also very happy. After that, I try to develop that skill as much as I can, or/and add it to the list of things I am learning or trying to improve at the moment. I actually worship "skill", not whoever is performing it. I love learning new things, I suppose. It also has to do with something Bruce Lee once said, which I have embraced and which has become one of my favourite quotes:

"I'm moving and not moving at all. I'm like the moon underneath the waves that ever go on rolling and rocking. It is not, "I am doing this," but rather, an inner realization that "this is happening through me," or "it is doing this for me." The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action."



OP: I dont think someone is better than me if they have a particular skill, but I do value and respect people with certain features in the way described in OP. People who are humble, honest with a sense of sensation and fascination are, to me, the greatest kind. Whenever I find someone like that, I value the friendship we form higher than most things, and I respect their opinion immensely.

 

[Mr Thin]

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I am a musician, and having been to a musical conservatory myself I do not see what your opinion can change about what I have learned through my trade. I'm sorry, but a voice is something you are born with, like good looks or a strong metabolism. Some people just can't become singers at all. The actual "learning" when it comes to song is so minute and insignificant when compared to an actual musical instrument that it is not considered learning intensive.

In fact, most singers shouldn't "learn" singing techniques at all, because it can ruin their uniqueness.

I agree with Mr Handkerchief here... mostly.

I think that singing training/practice is important, and can make a significant difference as well as being difficult.

But singing is most certainly something you are or are not born with. I can not, nor will I ever be able to sing. It's not a matter of me not trying hard enough; it's simply impossible.

Despite this, my answer is singing. It's totally unfair but I am in awe of truly great singers, and would feel unworthy in their presence.

 

[keosegg]

The ability to juggle. I've always been envious of people who could do that. I've asked them to teach me, but I have the coordination of an epileptic squirrel.

 

[Cheesus333]

Art for me - specifically pencil drawings.


This, for example, is a series of utterly gorgeous pencil drawings of my favourite band. The artist behind them therefore must be an amazing person - and, in my mind, is so - to match her talent with a set of pencils.