• HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
    2·
    2 hours ago

    Talent alone won’t cut it. There is the passion and the work. The news had a recent thing about a love letter michael jordan had where he told his love that the only thing he would love more is basketball. But he did not get to where he got with just passion and hard work. He had talent to. Im in tech. I love technology and have a knack but I also got a bachelors and masters degree along with certifications. Pretty much everything is like this.

  • PeteWheeler@lemmy.world
    12·
    20 hours ago

    Talent is hard to define. In my opinion talent = unobserved practice/study.

    This picture gets the concept across pretty well. But it can also happen with kids that “happen” to be good at something. Like sports. Was that kid a natural at baseball, or did he just watch a lot of baseball games and played backyard baseball a shit ton so he just knew the rules/strats before any of the other kids?

    Some people learn faster than others yes, but learning in itself is a skill.

    Maybe this isn’t true, but it is definitely 100% more effective than assuming talent is outside of your control or an obstacle that can not be cleared.

  • go $fsck yourself@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    19 hours ago

    To be fair, to be able to practice regularly for so long to gain skill is rather lucky. Also, not all practice is equal, so having someone teach you to practice more effectively is a privilege. Either that or practicing on your own in an unguided manner and still being able to gain skill takes talent.

    Yeah, that’s lucky and very well could require being lucky enough to have some sort of talent along the path.

    • udon@lemmy.world
      3·
      12 hours ago

      This. It’s easier to practice/study if you don’t share a room with 3 siblings and don’t need to spend your off time supporting the family in various ways.

      Also, don’t get mad at that person trying to give you a compliment

  • hark@lemmy.world
    5·
    18 hours ago

    “Talent” could also be an affinity for practicing that skill. I don’t think I’m exceptional at programming, but I got good at it because I enjoyed it and that was enough to drive me to develop that skill. There are other skills I didn’t develop as much because I didn’t feel as driven to pursue them.

  • jsomae@lemmy.ml
    1·
    19 hours ago

    In my region, people use “talented” as a compliment, not necessarily to indicate their skill was not hard-won.