Recently I saw a saying that there is no such thing as talent in this world.
If you have to say there is, then it is just a synonym for diligence. The statement
sounds quite silly.
Most people think that talent refers to wisdom, an innate genetic advantage that is inherent in the mother.
Diligence refers to hard work, acquired subjective initiative, and self-driven action.
These two things, one is innate and the other is acquired, one is intrinsic and the other is through external actions, how can they be confused?
We can look at it from the end, a diligent person does not necessarily have a certain talent, but a talented person is definitely a diligent person.
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American swimmer Mike. In addition to his extraordinary talents with special hands and feet, Phelps practiced eight hours a day, all year round. This continued for five or six years before he could create the Olympic miracle of winning eight gold medals alone.
Music prodigy Mozart, before his 6th birthday, his musician father had guided him to practice for 3,500 hours. By the time he wrote the most popular Concerto No. 9 at the age of 21, you can imagine how many hours he had practiced.
No wonder he once complained in his memoirs: I practice piano 12 hours a day, but people use the word "genius" to cover up all my efforts.
Lang Lang is a child prodigy in the eyes of countless piano children in China. According to his own understanding of talent: without diligence, there is nothing! As for genius, I understand it as an infinite stretch. Maybe a person can expand to a great extent as long as he has a little talent.
The inspirational book "Outliers", which has inspired countless ordinary people, also tells us: "The reason why geniuses in people's eyes are outstanding is not because of their superior talent, but because of their continuous efforts. As long as they have been tempered for 10,000 hours, Anyone can become extraordinary from the ordinary. "
The ancient saying " knows a thousand songs and then knows the sound" is this principle.
Without tens of thousands of hours of deliberate practice, no matter how good the innate conditions are, they will be wasted and lost to the public.
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Have you ever thought that those qualities of successful people we envy, things we attribute to "talent", are actually just our own, but are deliberately exaggerated as the other person's "innate advantages"?
The reason is that we are unwilling to face the harsh criticism of our own lack of diligence and avoid the guilt and torture caused by our own insufficient efforts, so we easily attribute the success of others to "talent".
This way we can live with peace of mind, because we don't have such good conditions.
In fact, there are many impossibilities in life, which only exist in people's imagination. Most people are always accustomed to exaggerating difficulties and are unwilling to try and work hard.
comes from Giegler’s theorem: Except for life itself, there is no talent that does not require acquired training.
According to Adam Smith and Hume, the differences between people are far smaller than the differences between animals. Effort is a part of life.
My younger brother is a class teacher in a key high school. Based on his many years of teaching experience, he found that there is still a gap in students' IQ.
He said: This does not mean that a person with a high IQ can get into a prestigious school without any worries. It does not mean that the efforts of people with slightly lower IQs are of no use.
Students who can get into Peking University and Tsinghua University are definitely talented, but if they study hard day and night, it will be difficult for them to succeed.
The vast majority of the remaining people have similar IQs, so all they have to do is work hard.
There is a saying: No matter how hard everyone works, it is definitely not enough to compete with talent.
The reason why ordinary people have to work hard is to reach the upper limit of your class, rather than to remain ignorant and mediocre.
likes Aristotle ’s definition of success is that life is the pursuit of excellence. If you can unleash your potential, it is called success.
strive to stimulate your own potential and explore your life, which may be a successful life if it reaches the upper limit.
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On the other hand, if a person is very diligent, he will not be without talent.
What you are willing to do all the time is your talent.
Things are often not done well until you are interested in them, but only when you are done well are you interested.
Because you must be constantly motivated by the results, and you must be passionate about this matter.
Diligence makes people interested, and love makes people outstanding.
So there is a saying, "Love is the result of proficiency."
Just because I have a little proficiency in a certain field, it becomes easy for me to do things, so I especially love to study, so I become more proficient.
So you see, a person’s internal and external performance is actually the same thing.
Diligence is input, ability is output. Output then promotes input, and the cycle repeats, forming a closed loop.
The "talent" you acquire becomes the reward for such long-term efforts.
We always think that life owes us satisfaction. In fact, the truth is - we owe life an effort.
