The average persons capabilities.

[I_am_not_mafia]

But my question is how much do you agree with this statement and why:
The average person with a good life, e.g good family, good education, good friends, living in an educated country, and is psychologically healthy can with effort learn, and become almost anything or at least lots of things (job wise), for example, learning to draw, becoming good at mathematics, good at sports, becoming a doctor, lawyer, scientist etc. (Not all at once of course)

The average person can certainly learn the necessary skills for almost all occupations if they put in the time and effort that is required. Whether they are lucky enough to get the break and the opportunity to do so is another thing. They may also not have a flair for it or a suitable mentality, or have the same innate advantages that other people in their field do. But they can still learn the skills given the right opportunities.

I personally try to learn as many different type of skills as possible to exercise all the different parts of my brain. So language, science, art, physical skills, tactical, analytical, logical etc. As you grow older it becomes increasingly easy to get stuck in a rut being successful at repeatedly doing the same thing while new challenges become harder to find. It becomes easier to learn a completely new skill if you continue to push yourself.

I think that people over-estimate what natural ability can give you. A young person with a natural flair for a skill is more likely to continue using that skill and therefore will develop it further and over time more likely to become really good at it. They then think that they have always been really good at doing it while ignoring all the hours practise that they put in.

[RozKek]

But my question is how much do you agree with this statement and why:
The average person with a good life, e.g good family, good education, good friends, living in an educated country, and is psychologically healthy can with effort learn, and become almost anything or at least lots of things (job wise), for example, learning to draw, becoming good at mathematics, good at sports, becoming a doctor, lawyer, scientist etc. (Not all at once of course)

The average person can certainly learn the necessary skills for almost all occupations if they put in the time and effort that is required. Whether they are lucky enough to get the break and the opportunity to do so is another thing. They may also not have a flair for it or a suitable mentality, or have the same innate advantages that other people in their field do. But they can still learn the skills given the right opportunities.

I personally try to learn as many different type of skills as possible to exercise all the different parts of my brain. So language, science, art, physical skills, tactical, analytical, logical etc. As you grow older it becomes increasingly easy to get stuck in a rut being successful at repeatedly doing the same thing while new challenges become harder to find. It becomes easier to learn a completely new skill if you continue to push yourself.

I think that people over-estimate what natural ability can give you. A young person with a natural flair for a skill is more likely to continue using that skill and therefore will develop it further and over time more likely to become really good at it. They then think that they have always been really good at doing it while ignoring all the hours practise that they put in.

I agree with you, especially on the mentality part. Speaking from personal experience, a positive and good mentality is a major factor in how successful one is, how fast one picks up something, learns a new concept, etc. But let's say two people start programming from scratch, they have the exact same routines, time put in, guides/tutorials, but one of them will progress faster because he/she is more talented.

[robvalue]

How did I teach people?

I take a very malleable approach, which is why I work best one to one in person, and it's much harder to emulate over the Internet.

I start off very simply, with the fundamentals of whatever the topic is. I try and encourage the person to tell me what it is they are not getting, and it may be we need to cover another topic first.

I use lots of different ways to explain the same thing, to see what kind of method works best for the person. I make sure they understand each part, and can convince themselves by answering questions, before moving on. That way I slowly build confidence.

Of course, it relies on the other person putting effort in. I've had people who just can't be bothered to even try and won't listen to me. Obviously it went nowhere with them.

[ignoramus]