Recently I've been dealing a lot with the concept of success and is it down to hard work or talent. A few weeks ago at dance I came across a young man who pitched the idea to me that there is no such thing as talent. He believed that the word talent has been created by man to make us understand when someone is so much better. This notion interested me, because I have always wondered what makes Brian Lara or Cristiano Ronaldo such better practitioners of their crafts. Is it talent? Were they born that way? Or is it just that they have worked harder than everyone else? Or maybe it's a combination of both? (a point my Dad threw into the cauldron that is my mind)

After all the thinking I came to the conclusion that firstly to reach exceptional heights hard work is required. I believe talent is real, some people are quicker at learning things and see the word from a different perspective that allows them to do unique things. I don't believe talent is required to be a success though. Success can be achieved through hard work.

In my pursuit of an answer I came across a motivational speaker called Eric Thomas. He gave a brilliant analogy to what hard work really means. I'm going to leave you with a link to a video of his talking about hard work and success, it really is thought evoking - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoL0XNfSViA -

Until next time!

Along with the 7496 things I already do in my life i've just added 7497, which is the Arabic language... :)

I'm using loads of resources to learn it but mainly Rosetta Stone. One thing that has surprised me is the amount of help available via YouTube - it's not just for procrastination after all.

A channel that has been really fun is http://learnarabicwithmaha.wordpress.com/ created by a young lady called Maha Jubi. She is really clear and it's good to get descriptions of pronouns in English - Rosetta Stone is entirely in Arabic - as Arabic has LOADS!

Stay healthy Walad wa bint.