(March 20, 2016 at 9:48 am)Mathilda Wrote:(March 19, 2016 at 5:47 pm)RozKek Wrote: 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.
