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>> Read somewhere that it takes, on average, 10,00 hours to be really good 
>> at something like playing an instrument. What is that, like 8 hours a 
>> day for 5 years ?   Sounds reasonable to get up to just competent 
>> level.  Becoming really stand out amazing is more than that. That takes 
>> that level of work PLUS some inborn thing called talent.
> 
>> Not everyone can sing, or play well, no matter how they try.  Talent is 
>> a real thing.
> 
> 
> JimD
> 
> Not everyone is *disposed* to sing and/or play well, which also figures 
> that no matter how much they try, their results will be limited due to 
> their hearts not being fully into it, if they're not so disposed.
> 
> I have a different view of that. With extremely few, if any, 
> exceptions, nobody is born with talent - it's far more likely to be 
> born 'rich' i.e. 'loaded' with Filthy Lucre, and speaking of which, I 
> recall a preacher on the radio mentioning that an actual Biblical unit 
> of Filthy Lucre, namely a "talent", was about as much as most people 
> would earn in an entire year. Clearly, this related a monetary talent, 
> or a skillful talent, to a lot of hard work, which I've personally 
> discovered, as have you, to be the case where Music is concerned - or 
> anything else requiring skill for that matter.
> 
> Rather, what one may be born with is the *aptitude* for those various 
> activities, that a person may find they're *apt* to pursue.
> 
> But talent is something that Must be Earned by Diligent, Honest, and 
> Dedicated effort over the long term, sustained by genuine Love for what 
> they're doing, literally a Labor of Love...which is why Music makers so 
> regularly practice, at least the ones worth listening to...to Increase 
> and Improve their talent, and thus further enhance what they Truly Love.
> 
> Ouisie

This is one of those chicken or egg questions. Which comes first ?

When i taught guitar for a while, there were students that could easily 
pick things up, and others who were hopeless.  Maybe the hopeless ones 
didn't want to learn, or maybe it was just much harder for them so they 
gave up. I don't know.

JimD

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