Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
Tim Notke, basketball coach
It’s been stressful today. Not some healthy kind of stress, if there is any kind. But my stress is something different.
It’s the stress because I know what I must do in order to grow. What I must sacrifice and what I must let go of. I am avoiding speaking and acting on some of the most important tasks that I must complete. Important as in, my life depends on it.
Did you ever feel like this? Where you are only one decision away from your goal and you what that decision is. But maybe you are avoiding it. It’s hard, isn’t it?
And it’s alright. Because I know what must be done, be courageous. But that’s for another chapter.
today, the reason I am writing this is that many people have miscalculated what they are truly capable of. I am speaking from my heart and I know what it feels like when you have dreams to achieve and the reason you are behind is you.
Most people think being talented is a gift. Like it’s the only thing that you can be good at. But if you look at the big picture for “talented people”, you’ll notice that talented people are always cheered on when they are good at one thing. They are supported, patted for and are remembered for only the one thing that everyone cheers them for.
And it’s not bad being talented. It’s a good thing. But sometimes, talents can be ‘a not so great of a gift’ the way people talk about it.
I am talented in many different areas. And I felt good whenever someone cheered for me. I felt like no one can ever be like me. And this was when I was just a teenager. I was good with grades, I had big dreams and I was good with people. And people loved that about me.
But what you don’t know is, that my talents were only good for some levels. And because people cheered me, I felt good only back then. And when I grew into my 20’s, everything changed.
See, I have big dreams. And goals don’t need talent. The only thing that matters for goals is how well I can use my talents. How well can work on them? How well can I use them?
Having talents was good. But now, it’s not about having talents. It’s about me working on them.
And the hard thing to accept about that is that I have to start from the bottom. Start and work as hard as others. And it gets tough when all you know is about easy work.
So, talents don’t mean shit when you don’t work on them. They mean nothing. But if you and I choose to work on them, grow them, and learn them, then everything gets easy going.
If your dream is a big dream, and if you want your life to work on the high level you say you do, there’s no way around doing the work it takes to get you there.
Joyce Chapman
Now, how do you get out of this rut?
- It is simple. But it is not easy. For me, it first started with the understanding that I have talents. And even if I say that I am talented, they are not used yet. I have not yet taken them to their full and proper potential.
- So, first, knowing that I suck at things that I say I am good at. I am not as good as I say I am.
- Next, taking only one talent that I have. Whatever it is – maybe photography, singing, painting, or getting an ace – choose one of your talents and focus on that one activity. Learn everything about it. from top to bottom.
- And while learning your talent, use it as a tool. Put it into practice in the real world.
- And then move on to the next talent.
This sounds easy then done. But you have to focus on only one talent and then outgrow your talent to move to the next one.
Always have faith in you because if you don’t believe it no one will.
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