Is talent irrelevant for great success?

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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  • Former Member
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    Good genes -- you also need to pick the right parents. I think talent includes differences at the cellular level how energy is produced and consumed. Better mitochrondria. More ability to adapt to training and do a better workload at any given training level. Better developed nervous system that allows better coordination, more symmetry, and better recruitment of the muscle fibers. You remind me of this fellow and his experiments (not you) Dr. Josef Mengele, nicknamed The Angel Of Death, and the other Nazi doctors at the death camps tortured men, women and children and did medical experiments ...
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Good genes -- you also need to pick the right parents. I think talent includes differences at the cellular level how energy is produced and consumed. Better mitochrondria. More ability to adapt to training and do a better workload at any given training level. Better developed nervous system that allows better coordination, more symmetry, and better recruitment of the muscle fibers. You remind me of this fellow and his experiments (not you) Dr. Josef Mengele, nicknamed The Angel Of Death, and the other Nazi doctors at the death camps tortured men, women and children and did medical experiments ...
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