Talent is a head start, not a ride home.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

Being naturally good at something puts you further along the road on day one and does nothing for you after. Ease tends to arrive without the habit of effort attached, which is why early standouts are so often passed by people who had to build the engine. The advantage is real, and it is short.

Spend your practice on the part you are not naturally good at. Keep some record so you can see gains too slow to feel. Treat the head start as time you were handed rather than a result, and go spend it.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Where has natural ability let you coast for too long?

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