Take a look at yourself for a moment. Are you nearly as successful as you once dreamed? I didn't think so. What happened? Unless you are an extraordinarily honest person, by now you are probably thinking of a million excuses to explain why your life hasn't turned out the way you once expected... and you're probably also blaming others for your life failures. Yes, it's everybody else's fault!If none of that rationalization seems to work, you can always fall back on the 'I'm not talented' card, and chalk it up to your lack of luck... sort of :)
Check out the "My Brilliant Brain - Born Genius" documentary for more on the question of talent.
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Who is the supreme arbiter of talent?Paula Abdul perhaps?
ReplyDeleteIs talent playing Moto Perputuo by Paganini on a violin, or a man holding a cigarette lighter to his butt while he passes wind?
Again- we always have the same problem- words, and their nebulous definitions.
What does one mean by success?
To me, success has always been about having the respect of those that i admire.
Success is doing what you love.
It is not about money.
That being said, you and i are very successful.