Now heres an intersting article,
Kid’s are easily put off by poor results and they are highly motivated when they come out on, or near the top. Things that they are good at they repeat and become better at and things that they are bad at they tend to avoid, because they are painful. A virtuous, or vicious, cycle is then created, but only up until a point.
Natural talent is largely intuitive, which means that you don’t have an understanding of what causes the effects that you create. As you seek to do bigger, or better, things there comes a point when your natural ability proves insufficient. It’s at this point that natural talent often becomes a curse.
If you have never had to study and understand something thoroughly, then when the obligation comes to do it in order to progress you will feel enormous frustration. It’s almost like having to learn to walk all over again and this time to do it consciously. It totally undermines your prior confidence and if you’ve never struggled or persisted to get results previously and now have to do so then that’s a big smack in the face. In these circumstances, most people will give up.
It’s at this point that a battler gets the edge. Someone who remains involved in an activity, despite not having natural talent and through interest and enjoyment alone will almost always do better in the long-term. Such a person must study and persist to advance. Through studying the fundamentals of theory and cause and effect, a person can develop understanding of the whole process.
It is understanding that really creates competence and hence confidence. It is understanding that allows a person to conceive of advances and developments that have not yet been achieved, but that might be possible. It is understanding that allows a person to experiment and take risks confidently, because the effort is based upon sound principles and not upon lucky flukes.
I am person with very little intuitive ability. I mean, really, everything has to be explained to me, or I have to carry out experiments to understand cause and effect. That can feel frustrating and even tedious in the beginning when you just want instant gratification, but in the end it has allowed me to persist with things long after those with natural talent gave up. In drawing, painting, playing guitar, playing pool, dancing and so many other hobbies and interests, past and present, I compensated for a lack of natural talent by focusing on understanding the fundamentals involved.
Since I didn't really have any significant events to blog about I thought I would share this interesting blog article with you guys.
I do not take any credit for this post (all credit to this guy http://www.nickpagan.com/blog/135/natural-talent/)
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