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Originally Posted by GinnasP99
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Starkind, that's an excuse mindset. I've played the guitar 25 years, I was very blessed to be introduced to it by my uncle when I was 12 years old. I do admit there is such a thing as a natural aptitude towards certain things. Some will be good at drawing, music, this, that, the other. I also have many other "talents", things that people see me do and say "wow, I wish I could do that"
I'm here to tell you, YOU CAN. Get to work.
Anything you've ever seen, in your whole life, another human being do. (you're a human being too right, 2 hands, 10 fingers) YOU CAN DO IT TOO.
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I used to get in endless natural talent vs hard work debates with my high school friends regarding sports. I had one who was talented at baseball, enough to walk onto varsity as a sophomore, who practiced only the minimum, and would harp about talent being just as important as work
In psych we are trained that it’s better to validate work than talent or “born-with” gifts, especially with kids. If a kid gets a good grade, validate with “Wow you musta studied hard for that, good job!” Rather than “Wow you are really bright!” Because one sets up a path to improvement, and the other sets up a barrier where the kid might think they’re not smart enough, or as smart as they thought, when they inevitably get a bad grade