It is both actually. The most successful athletes at the world class level are indeed born; with an innate talent that is tremendously responsive to training. The cream of the genetic crop. And when that talent is married to a burning desire to succeed - magic happens. I have had athletes go through my program side by side; learning the same drills, doing the same conditioning, following the same training schedule. Yet one becomes the National Champion and the other peaks at a Regional level. Yet both gave it everything they had. The kicker is that there is nothing you can do about the level of talent you were born with. Nothing whatsoever. It is what it is. However what you do have control over is maximizing the talent you have. Of squeezing every last drop of potential out of yourself. Which when you think about it is really all that any of us can do anyway. And often times this is sufficient if you have a crazy hard work ethic; because strangely enough many of the tremendously talented also tend to be tremendously lazy. A laziness which negates the potential impact of their awesome talent. For in the case of many of the supremely talented, they have learned to use their talent to skate by, without learning how push themselves to the wall. Without having to struggle to succeed. Without building a character that doesnt know how to quit in the face of adversity. That refuses to give in. The simple truth is; Hard work beats talent, when talent doesnt work.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 22:43:39 +0000
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