i think most anyone can become great at most anything if inspired at a young enough age and is exposed to the best. it takes belief first. if you think you can you can. if you think you can't you won't. everything in this world started out as a thought. the belief that you either have it or don't sounds good but i don't believe it. it gives people who haven't achieved an excuse and people that have a sense of god given superiority.
If you have seen early videos or tapes of now great musicians, actors , athletes or whatever young enough you will see no great spark. just a kid like any other learning his craft.sure some get great very young but it is because they were exposed to the craft an inspired very early on and their training began very early too.i've seen guys who can't hit the end rail go on to become a great pool player.time and circumstance usually determines how far they can go. if they have the time and money then they can believe they will be great and work on the things that the great ones do to achieve that. what people call natural talent i call personal desire. not every one wants to be a great sax player. not everyone believes they could be great sax player.but if you really want to, and you have the time and proper training, anyone can.
about 15 years ago i was talking to a pro bowler and casually mentioned that i wished i could play like a popular sax player we heard on the radio.he then asked how much i wished that. i said a lot. he then asked how much did i practice ? i said not a lot, not even everyday. he then asked how much i thought that sax player practiced.i said a whole lot. then he stated that i really didn't want to play like him or i would practice like him. he was right. i was instantly enlightened.
our "natural abilities" are simply our own desires to be good at something manifesting itself.
tiger woods is a perfect example of this. he loved to watch his dad play golf and wanted to learn like him. he loved golf from a very early age. he had a father who inspired him and gave him the mental belief that he could be the greatest golfer in the world if he worked hard enough.using training techniques he had learned in the special forces he installed a rigorous mental and physical training program for tiger. Tiger himself will tell you that he is a product of hard work and desire, not talent.
just my 2 cents...........
If you have seen early videos or tapes of now great musicians, actors , athletes or whatever young enough you will see no great spark. just a kid like any other learning his craft.sure some get great very young but it is because they were exposed to the craft an inspired very early on and their training began very early too.i've seen guys who can't hit the end rail go on to become a great pool player.time and circumstance usually determines how far they can go. if they have the time and money then they can believe they will be great and work on the things that the great ones do to achieve that. what people call natural talent i call personal desire. not every one wants to be a great sax player. not everyone believes they could be great sax player.but if you really want to, and you have the time and proper training, anyone can.
about 15 years ago i was talking to a pro bowler and casually mentioned that i wished i could play like a popular sax player we heard on the radio.he then asked how much i wished that. i said a lot. he then asked how much did i practice ? i said not a lot, not even everyday. he then asked how much i thought that sax player practiced.i said a whole lot. then he stated that i really didn't want to play like him or i would practice like him. he was right. i was instantly enlightened.
our "natural abilities" are simply our own desires to be good at something manifesting itself.
tiger woods is a perfect example of this. he loved to watch his dad play golf and wanted to learn like him. he loved golf from a very early age. he had a father who inspired him and gave him the mental belief that he could be the greatest golfer in the world if he worked hard enough.using training techniques he had learned in the special forces he installed a rigorous mental and physical training program for tiger. Tiger himself will tell you that he is a product of hard work and desire, not talent.
just my 2 cents...........