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What skill or talent do you wish you had?

I've always wished that I was a great singer. A person with a great voice has always been super attractive to me.

BrightTyger979 6 Apr 7
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I wish I had the singing voice of MarΓ­a Callas

I don't know who that is (Maria Callas), but she must be awesome...

@GoodMan "Was"...The best opera singer of the XX century. She was Greek and Aristoteles Onassis' lover.

@DUCHESSA Okay, now I know who you're referring to πŸ™‚ Thanks for filling me in. Sometimes I'm not good with names. My CPU (Brain) is having a hard time accessing the left over RAM (random access memory)..lol

@GoodMan Have you called your "general technician"? LOL

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I wish I had better drawing skills

Have you tried an art class or workshop?

@GoodMan I have essential tremor and can't hold pencils anymore

@LadyAlyxandrea My apologies! Perhaps there are advancements in place or on the way that will help.

@GoodMan they have recently come out with some fancy robotics gloves that help with tremors substantially but they are far out of my economic status (why is help for people so expensive? Most people with these problems are on fixed income!)

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Mind control.

Lol...Interesting. What would you use it for?

@GoodMan Letterman had stupid pet tricks, could always try it on humans. Some do not even need mind control they do stupid tricks all by themselves. lol

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I wish I was artistic. That I had an aptitude for painting and pottery. Though, if I had the nerve to try a pottery class, maybe I would discover that I was good at it.

You are always going to be good at what you pay attention to and work at πŸ™‚

So go do it.

I've taught art to people who thought they couldn't even draw. Anyone can learn to draw. Get the book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" and follow the exercises if that's something you'd really like to do.

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I want to be able to hold my hands together behind my back and bring them over my head to the front. I knew a kid who could do that.

Ones of my nieces can do that, but she is either double or triple jointed and still growing...lol

@GoodMan Cool.

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Oh... If I could dance... and sing.... and play guitar..... and play drums... Oh stinky ratts, you said one, didn't you??

Lol. Try hanging with a few musicians and dancers; perhaps you'll pick up some things. I did, and can dance, sing, and play guitar (much better than when I started)

Oky doky, you are a @GoodMan indeed !! Thx

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To grow hair.

A friend of mine hasn't been able to grow hair on his head for his entire life.

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I've always had the same wish as you. I would love to have a great singing voice. I love to sing, but alas, I try to only do it in private. I don't want to frighten anyone!!

One of my colleagues sings all of the time (seemingly). He doesn't have a good singing voice (imo), but I admire his confidence..lol

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I wish I was a polymath, like Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe was. The idea of knowing everything seems so cool...

What comes after 'knowing everything'?

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I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar so I could accompany myself.

Accompany yourself singing?

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Superspeed, telekinesis, teleportation.

Great choices!

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Multi lingual and juggling

These are two skills I have never been able to acquire. My dad picks up languages relatively easily - even in his 70s, but I don’t seem to have the knack. As for juggling, I’ve tried, but I am a natural born klutz!

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I wish I had carpentry skills. I would build myself a lot of things.

I mess around with it. I tell anyone who wants to learn: make a cutting board. About half the tools you will need for the hobby need to be purchased for that and about 30% of the basic skills.

A simple edge-to-edge cutting board if you can make that you will know if this is a hobby you want.

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I wish I had the creativity to write stories. I write well. I can write clearly and descriptively, but I don’t have stories in me.

Perhaps you do have stories in you πŸ™‚ A few book suggestions: 1. Techniques of the Selling Writer, by Dwight V. Swain; 2. How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method, by Randy Ingermanson; 3. Storytelling Secrets for Successful Speeches, by Mark Davis; 4. Write Great Fiction - Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint, by Nancy Kress; 5. Story Trump's Structure, by Steven James. A few other suggestions: 6. Check out WritersDigest.com and TheMoth.org 7. Visit your local bookstore and public library. 8. Find a local Meetup.com or workshop, where you can listen, learn, participate, and eventually share. I hope this helps.

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I wish I could play drums or the guitar

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I wish I had better concentration skills.

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The ability to fly

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Timing for music. I got feel, that don't do for reading sheet.

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I'm happy with the talents I have.

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Mines is more of a personality trait. I wish I were more of a people person, rather than an introvert (sometimes).

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I would love to have a natural talent for pencil drawing, I would love to use this talent to make great portraits of people.......

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I wish I was more skilled in photography. That would help me in my business, haha! I enjoy photographs, especially landscapes and also people showing emotion, but I lack the patience to set everything up right, take photos instead of enjoying the moments, and then to go through the photos to edit out the bad ones, post them somewhere, etc. I just like the finished product.

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I wish I could play a musical instrument even competently. I've tried over the years to play guitar and banjo, but I just don't seem to be able to get the timing right.

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I wish I could play guitar and / or piano. I took lessons but didn't have the discipline to practice.

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The ability to forge a witty retort before the conversation has ended.

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