When I was chatting with a friend a few days ago, I came to this conclusion.
"After all, talent is everything, I think. If you have talent in a certain field, things will go well because the talent will make making effort make sense. But if you have no talent in other field, even if you make tremendous effort, things won't go well because you don't have the talent that makes making effort make sense."
The simplest example may be diet. Some people need to exercise, try really hard to refrain from eating a lot, and yet they stay fat. But I have never been overweight in my life. Rather, most of my life I've been categorized as thin. And yet I have never been on diet. It's just that I haven't liked sweets and fatty food since I was a little child.
Career would apply, too. Just recently, without any asking, I was offered an extremely honorable mission. I was frankly surprised. From any point of view, that means a top-level success in my chosen field. It's true that I have always put my career on the first priority in my life, and I have made tremendous effort. But that's not everything. I think I am talented in this particular field.
By contrast, there is a certain field in which I have also made tremendous effort, but have had little fruit, if not zero. I come to feel that I am not talented in this particular area....
So, my conclusion is that talent is everything.....well, almost, perhaps.
"After all, talent is everything, I think. If you have talent in a certain field, things will go well because the talent will make making effort make sense. But if you have no talent in other field, even if you make tremendous effort, things won't go well because you don't have the talent that makes making effort make sense."
The simplest example may be diet. Some people need to exercise, try really hard to refrain from eating a lot, and yet they stay fat. But I have never been overweight in my life. Rather, most of my life I've been categorized as thin. And yet I have never been on diet. It's just that I haven't liked sweets and fatty food since I was a little child.
Career would apply, too. Just recently, without any asking, I was offered an extremely honorable mission. I was frankly surprised. From any point of view, that means a top-level success in my chosen field. It's true that I have always put my career on the first priority in my life, and I have made tremendous effort. But that's not everything. I think I am talented in this particular field.
By contrast, there is a certain field in which I have also made tremendous effort, but have had little fruit, if not zero. I come to feel that I am not talented in this particular area....
So, my conclusion is that talent is everything.....well, almost, perhaps.
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