One of the books that I'm reading right now is called "Talent is overrated" by Geoff Colvin.
The author defends the idea that there is no such thing as talent as we conceive it, which would be some innate trait that would capacitate someone to perform a given activity better than others. By giving examples of real people and discussing about research that have been made on that matter, he tries to convince the reader that what makes some individuals outstanding in their fields is a special kind of hard work.
It reminds me of a little joke that I heard once, where a woman, after attending a piano recital comes to the pianist and says: "Oh! You played wonderfully! I would give my life to play like that!"
And the pianist replies: "Madam, that is exactly what I did."
yeah, i know working hard will help but i am not good at it, at least not now. i am so tired of english now, especially when i think about my own TOEFL score.
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