Hardwork: Innate Talent Or Hard Work?

Society is bombarded by this ideology that “the more innate talent of any sort you have, the better off you are going be.” (Source 1) However, no one becomes an expert overnight. Profound research displays that hard work does pay off. Working hard will benefit you immensely by improving your talent and your education as well. Although some may argue that innate talent is more important than hard work, they do not understand that even if there is talent in a person, without working, they will never get better; therefore, never truly succeed. The ongoing argument whether talent or hard work is more important has gone for too long, hard work is essential for all, think of a time you got anything you wanted without working hard, you cannot.

Take famous athletes, “This summer, in Rio, Simone Biles appeared to defy gravity in her gymnastics routines, and Michelle Carter seemed to harness super-human strength to win gold in the shot put. Michael Phelps, meanwhile, collected 5 gold medals, bringing his career total to 23.” (Source 3) For sure, they have immense talent, but they would not be where they are now without practicing. As seen in the prior paragraphs, anyone can have a talent, a dream, etc. but you need to motivate yourself and work hard to make it possible. Source 3 also reads, “The key to extraordinary performance, they argue, is “thousands and thousands of hours of hard, focused work.” Very true, Simone Biles had always been fascinated and talented with gymnastics. Since an early age she had been training and it got her to where she is today. Hard work is the key to success. Hard work vs. talent has been an ongoing debate. Some get things easier than others and that is just the law of the universe. But no one should quit, because even if you have talent or not, hard work will be essential to better your life. If you have innate talent, hard work will help improve your talent, and hard work also helps understand subjects you might not be knowledgeable about. Working consistently for what you want is a talent in itself, talent is not needed to succeed, dedication and mind will get you there, because everyone is talented in their own