Talent

So weird seeing an actual official video with 350 views that has these three guys in it.

The one quote that's always stuck with me, and it comes from a freakin' Star Wars novelization of all things, is that "Hard work beats talent when talent does no work."

what sucks the most is having zero talent for the thing you're passionate about. you can get good with decades of practice but there will always be some 15 year old effortlessly walking circles around you. you can't be mad at them for it but god it's frustrating.

I'm of the belief that anything can be learned well if one puts the time and energy into it, and talent is simply the ability to pick up on a skill much more quickly than other people. Everyone's brain just works at different speeds, there's no standard for the ability to learn.

From my personal observations talent does exist - there are some skills, actions, and abilities that people can be naturally better at the first time around than others. This doesn't mean that people without talent can't reach the same level of excellence as those with talent, just that some people have it easier or are more passionate about dabbling in that particular skill than others. Likewise having a talent in something doesn't guarantee excellence, and some people have actively had to ignore or set their talent aside for other career options because of monetary or other outside pressures. Ultimately my food for thought is that we shouldn't use talent as a way to gatekeep a person's desire to do something - you don't need talent to have passion in what you want to do.

I'm not listening yet, because I'm saving up episodes to get me through the holidays!

i found this episode really uplifting; i've never been inherently talented at one thing or another and with people being so naturally gifted at the things i want to do it can be extremely disheartening. it's honestly comforting to know that I dont have to be the best at something to do well at it - i just have to be consitent/persistent! love u guys!! been listening to distractible chronologically through the past year and it's getting me through some shit <3

I'd volunteer my voice to do the Parody music with Wade. I've wanted to do something like for awhile, but it would feel strange going into it alone. lol.

man i’m going back through all the episodes oldest to newest and it’s unfortunate that im now at the “hawk tuah” era of the internet

The best way I can describe it: talent is when you are naturally good at something and passion is when you like to do something. The reason as of why people get infuriated when a talented person does something with less effort is because of situations like: It's a computer science class, nobody really likes it but you have a test. A test is 45 minutes long and you and everyone around you are sitting infront of those computers, trying your hardest to score at least 9 out of 12, you're not having fun. Then 20 minutes later the only student that is happy to be there tells the teacher that he finished the test with score of 10 out of 12. And now imagine every Wednesday is like that.