you're only as good as your last shift
skill
ability
in one's own right
every man is the architect of his own fortune
proficiency
hand
another string to one's bow
chops
make-or-break
you can't keep a good man down
live by the sword, die by the sword
success metric
make or break
bungling
clumsy
fumbling
incompetent
expertness
performance metric
I got mine
all-or-nothing
talent stack
weak
loser
unsuccessful person
fail
failure
adroitness
prosperous
nonstarter
achievement quotient
you have to be good to be lucky
success
unskillfulness
competency
par excellence
failingness
game over
snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
premortem
even chance
head
toolbelt
claw crane
effectiveness
sometimes you eat the bear and sometimes the bear eats you
game
claw machine
industrial strength
learning streak
skillfulness
snazziness
maestria
able
multiskill
pride
talent
competence
effectivity
cunning
trial and error
positive thinking
skillessness
ideal-seeking behavior
law of diminishing returns
proficient
uneffective
self-confidence
string to one's bow
square one
to one's credit
misachievement
faculty
blamestorm
shortcoming
understand the assignment
succeed
plateau
adeptness
self-made
tekkers
impostor syndrome
washout
ham-fisted
take it on the chin
visuopractical
achieving
use it or lose it
drop the ball
ragged
consummate
virtuoso
masterful
masterly