Either the History Channel or Nat Geo did a show one time basically about “Nature vs Nurture” and my man Henry Rollins was the host. It was really informative. They did a study about the so called “warrior gene” that tends to make aggressive alpha male types.
what they found was interesting... Gene DOES exist but the, and I’m no scientist here, epigenetics of it determined whether it expresses itself or not. So the big take away was... Tons of violent criminals in prison DIDN’T have the gene and there were also Tibetan monks who DID have it.
Nature and nurture both played an equally important roll in how people turned out.
My two cents... I think people can be genetically predisposed for a type of behavior and really nail it down put in that situation. I also think MOST people have the ability to learn that behavior and dial it in.
I feel I was genetically predisposed for laziness and mediocrity to be perfectly honest... But I appear to be SUPER motivated to everyone around me. My diet/training/etc... What they don’t see is my bathroom mirror with post it notes all over it like “you will do S and S every f****** day to earn your Sunday off” or “You are out of shape and lazy. You never have stuck to anything but you will stick to your diet plan and you will become what you are meant to be!”