I immediately don’t like this article –
towards the top of the article –
“That’s the premise that you get good at something only after having invested a lot of time doing to it – thus, the 10,000 hours. But Toia wasn’t completely convinced. “Not sure about that. I’m a firm believer in natural ability. I could pick up a brush and a pencil and draw or paint real life almost instantly. This was an obvious natural gift.”
well – that’s not me. I have learning disabilities – I always have. I have worked VERY hard to learn what I know, and it takes me longer than most people to understand things. This is probably why I get aggravated with people that just give up and say “oh, I can’t figure it out”. Well, neither can I. You sit there, and SUFFER and do nothing else until you figure it out, and it makes sense to you. And then – all of a sudden, you are an expert, and people think what you know what you are doing. Encouraging people to think that life should be easy is very poor advice. The people that work hard succeed. I don’t care what race you are, what sex you are, or what your financial background is. You keep at it, and you succeed. All I can agree with is – ART DOES PAY – if you stick with it, and don’t give up.
Bob Zelin
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
bobzelin@icloud.com