Improvement is exhausting. It’s okay to enjoy when you don’t excel.
    • reflex@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      and the rest I guess is just natural talent?

      The article links another one by Slate that mentions genes and age (when starting the activity). The main article also mentions personality and life history.

      Genes seems to be a big one though, at least in the Slate article, and I suppose natural talent necessarily has a genetic dimension to it.

    • Kevin Herrera@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Makes sense to me. You are either capable or incapable of doing something (badly and otherwise). Practice is just refinement over that.

      • Niiru@feddit.de
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        10 months ago

        Bullshit, that’s just a excuse for the lazy. Unless your body isn’t able to do something due to a condition, you can achieve mastery on everything. Talent will heavily reduce training hours, though…

  • Deebster@beehaw.org
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    10 months ago

    I like this author’s attitude. I scoffed a bit when I read about “joy that can be found in mediocrity” but he’s right that you can (and should) just do something because you enjoy it or it’s good for you.