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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I remember my post from the previous thread and still feel the same way. Your talent level determines the range of how fast you will be. The work you put in determines where you will fall in your talent range. The range for an untalented swimmer and a talented swimmer have no over-lap.
What we are taught is that in sports you can "hard-work" yourself to the starting line-up. That really isn't true. We are also told that being smart is a big advantage in the working world. A hard working person with an IQ of 100 will go much further in life than a regular person with an IQ of 140.... speaking of which....back to work!
I remember my post from the previous thread and still feel the same way. Your talent level determines the range of how fast you will be. The work you put in determines where you will fall in your talent range. The range for an untalented swimmer and a talented swimmer have no over-lap.
What we are taught is that in sports you can "hard-work" yourself to the starting line-up. That really isn't true. We are also told that being smart is a big advantage in the working world. A hard working person with an IQ of 100 will go much further in life than a regular person with an IQ of 140.... speaking of which....back to work!
