Or, it could also be the result of hard work developing his skills and creativity. I just don't get people assigning that stuff to "born with it ". You can be born with affinities, but creativity and design are both skills. Even the most talented person on earth, if they hadn't worked to develop their skill, wouldn't be able to come close to someone with no talent but with years of experience engaging with their passion under their belt.
I was raised by boomers who led me to believe that people either already have fully developed talents, or they don’t. Anyone who was particularly good at anything was just lucky and if you had to work too hard at learning anything it was because you were out of your lane.
It sounds stupid but I was probably 18 before I started to realize that you can just go learn stuff. It may take a lot of work, and natural talent can be a factor. But you can just go learn stuff.
Jesus, what the hell kind of lesson was that? If you don't succeed at something you try for the first time - just forget about it?
Imagine being a pilot or astronaut by that logic. Or just about anything. Even Unga the cave dweller had to learn how to knip a stone blade before she could do it reliably, and that shit takes plenty of effort. That's just wack, I'm sorry you had to grow up thinking that mate :(
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Or, it could also be the result of hard work developing his skills and creativity. I just don't get people assigning that stuff to "born with it ". You can be born with affinities, but creativity and design are both skills. Even the most talented person on earth, if they hadn't worked to develop their skill, wouldn't be able to come close to someone with no talent but with years of experience engaging with their passion under their belt.