Aristotelian Principle

The Aristotelian Principle states that other things equal, human beings enjoy the exercise of their realized capacities, and this enjoyment increases the more the capacity is realized or the greater its complexity. While discussing this topic in class several people stated whether this statement is true or not. In my opinion this statement is not true for all humans. I believe that there are humans out there who want to challenge themselves to the most of their ability. Some people strive to learn new things and take on new challenges. I believe though that most humans tend to stick to activities they are most comfortable with. Most people are scared to try new things because of the possibility of failure. The book explains that people work to become a master of chess because it is more complicated than checkers. Most people I know would not challenge themselves to learn chess because it is too complicated and they know they can be successful when playing checkers because it is common sense to them. I believe most people, including myself, take the easy route because it is much easier to always win, rather than to fail several times at something new.