Not really. Talent essentially means how quick you can get good at something. In the beginning you’re bad at everything. But you can recognise pretty quickly whether you have talent and can improve quickly or not.
You only know if you're bad at something after a lot of practice and hard work
Submitted 3 weeks ago by RavenofDespair@lemmy.ml to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Korne127@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
colourlesspony@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Apparently, I’m bad at everything.
tenchiken@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
That explains my sex life.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I already know I’m bad at taming alligators.
bulwark@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Who’s got 1 thumb and is bad at taming alligators?
LodeMike@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Nope
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
I know I’m bad at singing without needing to put in any practice whatsoever
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Bro, I’m standing right here. You don’t have to talk about me like that.
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
I’m deaf in one ear. I already know I’m bad at hearing in stereo.
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Kinda sounds like a waste of time :/
I can usually tell if I have an affinity for something with very time invested.
titanicx@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Or
You could do what we Americans call, giving up prematurely and calling ourselves bad at whatever.
Easier then doing lots of work to fail.
Bgugi@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I know I’m bad at a lot of things… It only takes practice and hard work to tell if I’m going to stay bad.
codemankey@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Aka the Dunning Kruger effect: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
I’m bad at making money. 😞
jared@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
*Maybe that’s a good quality. *
kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Depending on some things, I think it definitely can be. The world sure does not make it feel that way tho