While possessing some baseline minimum of talent in one chosen field is in order (I sincerely doubt I would ever be able to make a living singing and I do not intend to try), beyond that talent is overrated.
Talent may be fast out of the starting gate however over the long haul, less glamorous attributes tend to prevail. Grit, discipline, persistence, resilience, emotional intelligence, critical thinking skills, curiosity, systems thinking, and the humility to continuously ask questions: these are all learnable abilities, available to anyone motivated enough to work, hard AND smart.
Closing Quotes:
“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.” – Tim Notke
“As much as talent counts, effort counts twice.” – Angela Duckworth
“But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King
“Success has to do with deliberate practice. Practice must be focused, determined, and in an environment where there’s feedback.” – Malcolm Gladwell
As always, I share what I most want and need to learn. – Nathan S. Collier
Note: Every effort has been made to properly source any 3rd person material. I am, however, a voracious reader. If anyone finds any unattributed material, pls let me know asap and I will be delighted to give credit where credit is due.
“All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832
