Keenan Shaw

Mrs.Cornes

Eng-131-508

October 1, 2018

Hard Work vs. Talent

There is no denying that some of the best athletes and musicians have natural

talents that help them to be better than most, but is that the main reason why? Talent does
help them to be some of the best, but it is their hard work added to their talent that

separates them from everyone else. Talent is definitely needed to be majorly successful,

however hard work’s importance outweighs that of talent.

Working hard is more important than just having natural talent, for those who

work harder and longer than others become more successful for, more practice equals

more success, and one can only find and fix his mistakes there many hours of hard work.

Some hard-working individuals can develop a certain talent or skill, which can imply that

natural gift is just the result of long and hard work. Many influential people around the

world were able to achieve their status by working really hard behind the scenes. For

Example, Michael Jordan didn't make his high school varsity basketball team the first

time he tried out. Michael didn't let that stop him instead he used that as fuel to work

harder. Now look at him he is the best basketball player in NBA history and, the first

basketball player to ever earn one billion dollars. There are countless jobs that qualify as

one of the "hard work" types of jobs. Those who work in construction, firefighters,

police, mailmen, and the military are just a few. However, there are countless other jobs

that it took a lot of hard work to get into as well. The CEO of Amazon didn't just

magically show up in that position one day. Lawyers consistently push themselves to

make sure they have all of the facts they need for their cases which requires a lot of hard

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 work. Doctors and nurses have to refresh or research new methods in order to keep up to

date in the medical world. Some people use their natural talents to excel in their positions

that still require a lot of work. The head accountant who happens to be good at numbers

still has to complete all of his paperwork while taking care of all of the other duties his

job demands. Someone who's naturally good with words could be an editor who spends

half of her life trying to make articles or books perfect. You can consider talent as fuel for

the fire that will kick-start you towards success. It makes things easier for you to get

going from the start. But, if you have talent but do not work hard, things do not go the
way you would expect to be. Remember, people who work hard without the talent can

succeed more than talented people who just stick to the mediocre. There are a lot of

people with talent who just wasted their gifts and did not work hard to support

themselves. Even those who are already well-known or famous have faded into the

background when really hard-working and skillful individuals come into the scene. This

boils down to work ethics and the amount of effort one is willing to exert for something.

Talent may give someone the upper hand to succeeding, but the ability to work

hard is what is most important. Someone can train hard and become successful, but they

cannot just be talented and never work because then they will just lose their talent.

Without hard work a talent is useless, and people without talent can work hard enough to

become as good as the talented. Hard work gives people the determination to keep

working even harder and teaches them discipline. Overall, working hard is much more

important than just being born with natural talent.

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