Is natural talent largely irrelevant to great success? Or is it "you've either got it or you don't"?
Check out this article at biz.yahoo.com/.../great_1.html called "What It Takes To Be Great."
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From my experience, talented lazy people and non-talented hard workers can both do reasonably well at whatever they want to do, but only those who are both talented and hard-working can really reach the top. (Tangent warning!) For example, as an artist, I've noticed that pretty much anyone can learn to draw reasonably well with a little motivation and a good teacher - and then everyone thinks they have an amazing talent. But of course, very few have both the talent and the motivation to really become great artists.
From my experience, talented lazy people and non-talented hard workers can both do reasonably well at whatever they want to do, but only those who are both talented and hard-working can really reach the top. (Tangent warning!) For example, as an artist, I've noticed that pretty much anyone can learn to draw reasonably well with a little motivation and a good teacher - and then everyone thinks they have an amazing talent. But of course, very few have both the talent and the motivation to really become great artists.
