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Is 'talent' God-Given Or Something Else?
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Lord Coe stated tonight that an athlete had been given a God-given talent.Is he right to say this or do some people just have a natural aptitude? Or is it something that is achieved through hard work?
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Talent and hard work are entirely different. I'm grade 5 on piano but I have always found piano awkward, unnatural and difficult to me and had to work like stink to be able to play as well as I do ( which is not particularly brilliantly). Enter my brother Joe, who listens to what I'm playing, can't read sheet music and sits down and plays it anyway. Likewise he can listen to almost anything and produce a pretty good copy- give him half and hour and it's brilliant. I hate him ;-)
murray, I did indeed see that.......good news. My comments to you on that thread may well have been premature and misplaced.........I hope so.
Kval......yes, i agree entirely, however i was mainly commenting on the ingredients that are required to achieve at the highest level, but your point is well taken.
Kval......yes, i agree entirely, however i was mainly commenting on the ingredients that are required to achieve at the highest level, but your point is well taken.
Natural abilities come to the fore all the time. Let's say all the members of my family are beautiful singers but I got hit by ugly stick - haven't a note in my head but lurve to sing.
Recall many moons ago at a club - a crowd of my friends put my name up for a song for a laugh. Of course I didn't get up.
My brother who was a professional singer was sitting on a night out with his girlfriend at the back of the club. The following morning he told my mother "Oh mother mother I nearly died if Connemara gets up - my career is over. LOL
Recall many moons ago at a club - a crowd of my friends put my name up for a song for a laugh. Of course I didn't get up.
My brother who was a professional singer was sitting on a night out with his girlfriend at the back of the club. The following morning he told my mother "Oh mother mother I nearly died if Connemara gets up - my career is over. LOL
Interesting replies everyone,thanks.I still don't buy the phrase 'God given' as a synonym for natural aptitude.Why do things come so easy to a select few in cases where people don't have to apply themselves to be champions.Has God given this gift? I think not,I am happier to look at genetics and science as a likelier answer rather than a religious one.
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