One of the Hardest and Most Uncomfortable Truth......

“Only I am responsible for the way my Life was, is and will be. No one else can take actions for me and no one else will have to deal with whatever consequences will ensue. This is MY life and I can choose what to make of it.”

While, on one hand, this seems very empowering, it is also a very scary concept.

If only we are responsible for the way our life turned out it means that we are also the only ones who had the power to change it.

Everything we have therefore is our victory, and everything we do not have is our loss.

If we want something different it is on us and only us to make that happen.

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This was really hard for me to accept at first because I always believed that life would just work out somehow.

Somehow the things I needed would just come to me and I subconsciously believed I would be happy and be able to get by without having to do all that much.

The longer I waited the more I realized that nothing comes from nothing.

I realized that no one cared if I wasn’t happy, that no one paid attention when I was sad, and that it wasn’t anyone’s responsibility to make me happy or fulfilled.

When everything went wrong it was on me to fix it and when everything went right it was on me to celebrate it.

The skills I had, the life I lived, the opportunities that passed, and the friends I made and didn’t make were all on me.

The job, the house, the life I lived was due to my choices and my actions, and no matter who affected it, they could not control it.

This was hard to accept because it meant nothing would come to me. It meant that everything that I did not have was because I did not take the action to get it, and everything I did have good and bad, was because of what I did. I alone was responsible.

Now, I know there are many more factors in play, but no matter what factors come up, the truth is that we always hold the power within ourselves to change our situation.

We may not be able to change it much, or fast, but we can change it.

That is as much a superpower as it is a curse; as much a responsibility as it is a freedom.

But when we truly accept this power, when we truly own what we can do, we can change everything.

We can go out right now and change everything about our lives, step by step.

We can create a happy existence, can create the body of our dreams, and a life that seems worth living.

But we have to be the one to take the actions that will lead to such a life.

We are responsible. This is our life. And what we make of it, is on us as well.

“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now, if you know what you're worth, then go out and get what you're worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that!” - Rocky Balboa

-Lukas Schwekendiek

Family ,Money and time is the real problem for middle class children.

Depends on your perspective.

If you think that you cannot do something because your family does not have money or connections to support you then the same thing will become a barrier for you in your success or while pursuing your passion.

On the contrary, if you think that your family is middle class and you must do something about it to change that, you can use the same reason to drive and motivate yourself to do something.

Everyone of us have got the same problems in life, however how your life would be is determined by how you tend to perceive things.

-Saurav Sharma

Poor ? Dont Wana Study?

My life completely changed in this decade from not having proper food and living in a small house like this to being able to take care of my family.

I am from a lower-middle-class family where meeting basic needs like Food, Shelter, Education, Clothes was a big challenge.

Life was tough for me but deep down I realized that only education could help me out, my struggles itself gave me a lot of motivation for me to do something and get rid of this financial crisis.

After passing my 10th I was planning to join ITI Fitter or Electrician so that I could easily get a job but somehow ended up in the Science stream as I got a seat in a Government junior college.

In 2010 when I was in the 12th standard I wanted to go for IIT coaching but could not afford so I had to go for local classes, side by side I was also taking private classes to school students to meet daily needs and expenses.

In 2011 after 12th results came out I wanted to join B.Sc mathematics or computer science as we could not afford Engineering in private college but somehow admissions in newly opened Government Engineering College in my hometown. I never thought that I would get a seat in the govt Engineering college in unreserved category but cut off rank for computer science was like 5500 but I had secured some 5000. It was one of the happiest day of my life, the fees were nominal like some 25k per annum so we borrowed money as usual from money lenders and got admitted.

During my 3rd year, my father lost his job and it was very tough to pay fees and all; However, I had some good friends who used to feed my hunger and some of our relatives used to help with rations and all.

In 2015 I completed my B.Tech but our college did not have campus placement so after attending some 5–7 off-campus drives got placed in a reputed service-based MNC.

I had got a job but did not have money to travel buy clothes for the office and take care of accommodation for one month until the first salary. This time my best friend helped me with 10k and my maternal uncle gave some 5k and a few other friends helped me to get there.

I had brought my first smartphone Redmi in 2016 until now all my friends had a nice smartphone, but I got it after so much of struggling and my first bike Honda Shine in 2017 which gives me so much satisfaction as I am a nature lover and love long rides.

I started getting around 25k which improved my family’s life a lot than before but I was never satisfied with my job as It was not what I wanted.

In 2017 decided to leave the job and prepare for Government jobs but I could not afford it so prepared for Developer positions after some struggle switched two company in 2018 and more than doubled the salary.

Now I am able to take care of my parents, afford my sister’s education, saving money for their marriage living a peaceful and happy life.

This is happy me in 2019 at Viazg beach.

It's sometimes really tough due to many responsibilities but I slowly learned how to handle stress and overcome challenges and ultimately be happy. In life, there are ups and down’s which I learned to accept.

To conclude life has really changed a lot in this decade where the people who used to criticize and boycott our family due to poor financial status are now asking carrier advice for their children.

Road trip to Medak with my roommates:

Still, we don’t have our first house or car because I love driving and exploring natural places, not for luxury and support my sisters till they get a job but I think I have achieved a lot and will get all this done patiently.

-Pavan

Life Changed After IIM/Llife Before and After IIM

Yes it is !!

There are some changes in me. I learnt some with inspiration and alot of lessons I learnt it in a hard way.

Some of the lessons I learnt after going to IIM are

Openesss to difference:

Till my Engineering I saw mostly homogenous set of people. People who dress up like me, people of same age group, people of similar upbringing. But IIM shows you diverse set of people with diverse backgrounds. I don't know how open I'm in accepting different people before IIM as I never faced situations like that before. But IIM definitely takes the credit of making me more aware of differences in other people's culture and respecting them.

Facing the competitive environment:

I am pretty much one of the top performing students right from my childhood. So, I never experienced how it is to be an average student before getting into IIM. IIM gave me a humbling experience of meeting the best brains and making me realize that there is and will be always someone who did worked harder and smarter than me.

Prioritization:

Before IIM, I used to be that person who wants everyone and everything. Prioritising everyone else above me. Prioritising all the events happening in the college without thinking about my capacity to handle the work that comes with them. This actually created a lot of stress and in this process I started loosing myself.

Having an idea of What to prioritize and what to ignore is very important both in IIM and in life

During IIM stint also I did some mistakes and kept on learning from them. During my journey of IIM, I understood that if we eliminate noise then we get better output be it peace with people around or productivity in the work we do.

Assessment of a person:

Before IIMB, I used to think that people who drink or smoke are bad people. But after going to IIM, by interacting with different set of people I understood that good or bad is relative. Also we should not assess people based on habits they have as long as their habits doesn't disrupt harmony of people around and are lawful, it should be more on behaviour and character instead of habits. I have seen some of the nicest and well behaved people even after taking shots.

Till now I spoke only about positives, let me tell you I am that normal person who faced insecurities in being between the most hardworking people

Comparison of peers:

This I never did when I was in BTech. I along with two of my friends used to do group studies in B.Tech. we wrote exams and that's it. It was done. We moved on and involved in some other activities. I used to be one of the toppers and it is absolute grading in my B.Tech. And scoring was only eligibility criteria ( for initial filtering) to sit for placements. Once students meet it then everyone has to go through stages like written test, group discussions and personal interview to crack interview. So, I'm always secure because I know I will study, I will prepare for interviews and I will give my best.

So before “ Result is always proportional to the efforts I put in “

But in IIM there are many advantages for different people in different ways. For example people who studied for CFA knows some finance before coming to campus. So however hard I worked I ended up being average. Also being in IIT, achieving medals in Olympiads impacted shortlists. This created kind of stress in the initial terms because now the output is not completely in my control. External factors ( factors that are not in my control anymore) are also playing part in outcome. Eventually with time passing by I realized that many people around me have done far more hardwork before, it kind of made me to make peace with it. It also provided me an inspiration to give my best now which I can eventually feel good about working hard at this point of time.

“There is no point in thinking and worrying about should haves. The only way is accepting reality and moulding the further journey”

I started to take subjects and do things which helped me to utilize my strengths productively and eventually this helped situations fall in place.

-Vijayalakshmi,IIMB,Btech(Private College)

Who inspired you for MBBS? / Education is the Way Out

Well, honestly,no one did.

Honestly,I didn't want to be a doctor in the first place.

A little background story-

I was born in a small village in outskirts of Delhi ( Mundka), in a society where girls weren't sent to school and were married off quite early at an age of 14–16.

But fortunately,I was born in a family, where education was valued more than anything else and against my grandmother wishes, my dad sent me to school ( My dad, because my mother had no say in such decisions at that time).

Somehow,I turned out to be good ( rather brilliant) at studies and always topped my school or probably, seeing my mom and other girls and women in community, I understood quite early in life that “ EDUCATION was my only escape”, that drove me to excel in studies.

My dad was a clerk in a government bank ,had a housing loan on his salary and had a family of six to support with education of three kids.

Childhood wasn't that great. But having “food in your plate,clothes on body and a roof over head”, was considered good enough,so we had good enough, better than many of the neighbours.

My dad was an honest and hardworking man, my mother never pressurised me for any of the household work ( because I was the topper always and she wanted to do everything she could to let it be that way).

I remember now,how my dad's vests and socks used to have “ holes” in them and how my mother never got a single new saree/suit for herself for many years,but my father never compromised on the education front.

I always had the books ,I asked for. I was sent to the best school in my village ( fortunately, my tution fee was waived off and my school dress was free because the school wanted to retain their topper).

My mom would stay up late with me while I was studying to make me tea/ snacks for when I felt hungry and would wake up early.

I had chosen to taken PCMB in XIth ( It was my decision as I liked both Maths and biology).

In XIth, I liked genetic engineering a lot and decided that I wanted to be a biotech engineer ( not really knowing what it actually meant).

My parents wanted me to be a doctor, though!

However,my dad, as always respected my wish and asked me to write both the exams ( medical and engineering entrance ) and I was free to choose whichever I got selected into.

I passed both IIT-JEE and DPMT and I still wanted biotech engineer course.

At that time ( in 2004 ) only Guwahati and Chennai had B.Tech in biotech engineering,I think,Delhi had M.tech ( not B.Tech).My father went to counselling with me and I got B.Tech biotech engineering at IIT-Chennai and MBBS at Lady hardinge medical College, Delhi.

Now, it was upto me to choose.

I wanted to go to IIT-Chennai.

But then,one fine evening, my dad came to me and talked to me that how he was getting older and was the sole earning member of family, the fee difference between LHMC( MBBS) and B.Tech( Chennai), how he would have to fly everytime to Chennai,in case of any problem and in case something happened to him,it would be difficult for me to complete the B.Tech course on my own ( cause of fees), but MBBS would be easy ( fee was nominal) and LHMC was at walking distance from his office.

After that discussion,he told me that eventually it was my decision and he would be okay with whatever I would decide.

I am the eldest daughter and I had seen my parents going through all the struggles for so many years,just to make our future.

So,I finally decided to take MBBS at LHMC.

Looking back- Do I have regrets?

Not really!

Yes, my life would have been different had I gone for biotech engineering, but what I have now, is good too.

And,my dad was right. Being at LHMC was actually easier for me and my family,there were a lot of times, when I needed him and he was there to meet me within15 minutes of a phone call .

And, on my convocation day of MBBS- for the first time in life,he got me a bouquet of flowers :). 

And, I could see how proud he was ,of his daughter and that face,on that day made it worth everything !!!

-Babita Kataria

Without knowing anything how we judge everything and make opinions.

Very small but big thing I realized today when I bought this jumbo size long pen from an old lady who requested me to buy this and I couldn't resist after seeing her requesting face while waiting on signal.

So what this pen made me realize?

2 days back.

I was sitting in my class with my friend when I saw a girl holding the same pen in her hand and as this pen is a little different from other pen because of its size so it caught my attention and I said to my friend.

Hey, Poorvi. Just look at her pen. Is she a kid? Who buys these long pens and brings them in class like a 2nd grade kid.

Poorvi started laughing, so did I.

Poorvi- ajeeb hai yar.. Pta ni kese kese log hote hai. Ab ye itna ajeeb baccho jesa pen lene ki jarurt kya thi..?

(People are weird, what was the need of buying such a kids type pen?

And we started cracking jokes unnecessarily on that pen and obviously on the girl who bought that.

Then today..

When I saw the poor lady with torn clothes under scorching sun going to different people requesting to buy those pens, knocking at windows of cars so she can sell them made me think a lot of things. And she came to me and I bought it and realised that the same pen I saw in class in that girl's hand and I was laughing on her even I was being so judgemental plus pseudo sophisticated that I said that “is this girl idiot or what ?” Although now I know that not that girl was an idiot but I am an idiot who was cracking jokes.

It's not only about pen and that girl. It applies everywhere. We people are very good at judging very quickly. We never even try to know and see the things from other side. From their side. Never.

Without knowing anything how we judge everything and make opinions.

-Aparna Verma

Education Will not Make You a King

2000: School dropout after my 4th class.

Worked in Agriculture field as labour. I still remember, I was paid 20 Rupees per day when I went to pluck the cotton from cotton trees and Corn field work. I Did many other daily wage jobs to support my mom when my dad was not taking care of family.

2003:Re-Joined 7th class as part of Chaduvula Pandaga, a govt scheme by ChandraBabu Naidu, CM of Andhra Pradesh to rejoin the dropout students in schools, with help of my Primary school Head Master and High school head master.

2004: Joined 9th class while staying in Govt hostel with 1 class jump from 7th class.

2005: 10th class student in a Govt school in Rural village in Telangana(It was Andhra Pradesh). School topper with 86%.

2007: Completed my Intermediate (11 & 12) in M.P.C(Maths, Physics and Chemistry) in Telugu Medium with 95%. I was college 2nd with 98% (558/570) in 1st Year of Intermediate from Vijay Junior College, Armoor. I got free education by college management with free hostel on merit basis.

2011: Completed my B.E in Information Technology from Vasavi college of Engineering with 80%, one of the reputed college in Hyderabad and got placed in CTS(Campus placement) with 3L package in Mainframe Technology as fresher working for US health care client project.

I asked my Mom to stop going for labour work and be a home maker.

Was part of few NGOs Cheyutha & BHUMI which works for improving the quality education in Govt school and help underprivileged students.

Put my brother in Corporate college for his Intermediate education and Long-term IIT coaching for 1 year.

2012- promoted from PAT to PA and got hike for 3L to 3.25L

2013-got 2nd bucket and got hike from 3.25L to 3.5L

2014-got 1st bucket and got hike from 3.5L to 3.8L

Was part of Outreach, CSR wing in Cognizant which works for improving the quality education in Govt school and help underprivileged students. Also participanted many plantation drives, blood donation camps. Try to give back to society the possible way.

2015: promoted from PA to Associate in 30 months. And package raised to 5.2L in which 40k is Variable.

2015 March: Worked hard and got 2 offers from well known Banks RBS in Chennai and JMPC in Hyderabad with almost same package(Close to 9L). Joined JPMC as Application Developer in Mainframe Technology.

Put my Sister in Corporate college for her Intermediate Education with 70K per Year fee.

2015 June: Started construction of my House in my Hometown where my parents are living now.

2016: Moved to new Technology while working in Mainframes to ETL after proving my capability to my Manager and leads.

2017: We Bought plot near Shamshabad Airport with Personal Bank loan which we are still paying EMIs

My Brother completed his Engineering and started working as Textile Engineer.

2018: Moved to small company in Pune with almost double package with no Variable pay (18L)

I asked my dad to stop going for Mesthri work as his health is not supporting.

Edit3:I used to work with my father as Mesthri Labour for construction work until I started working in CTS in 2011. Every holiday I get during my studies from schooling to Engineering final year, I worked and made money for my expenses, cloths.

Now I know full Agricultural work, can cultivate any kind of crop, know Mesthri work.. My dad Constructed my house in my Hometown.

Bought my dream Bike Harley-Davidson and started going with HOG(Harley Owners Group) every weekend rides. I believe that we should not just work for fulfilling family needs. We also needs to buy something which we dream about. Many people buy after retirement or late in the age unless they have rich parents or become rich.

2018 Oct: Got offer from Sweden Bank in Sweden. Started working as Mainframe Developer and moved Internally within 2 months as Data Engineer in Data Lake with Big Data Technologies with Good package in Europe market.

My Sister completed her Degree and started working as Jr Nutritionist.

My brother is preparing for Govt exams and doing his M.tech now.

Bought Apartment in Stockholm near to my office.

2019 Oct: Working in my free time and weekends on Swedish Start up as Co-founder and CTO which is not yet launched.

From 2015, I have done 3 Himalayan treks(Har ki Doon, Valley of Flowers, Chopta and few other North side treks, I week trek in North Sweden, 1 week Europe trip with my Partner. I have also gone many travel trips with friends in South and North India, Dubai, Singapore, etc. Still hoping to explore all around the globe.

Some of the travel glimpses

I still support some underprivileged students education with support of my ex colleagues who works in Dreams Alive NGO and students in my village whenever required.

-Nagaraju Erigi,B.Tech(IT)-Vasavi College of Engineering(completed in 2011)

{ Blogger's Note:
 Education Will not Make You a King but by education your poverty can be eliminated. Poverty of money,poverty of comfort,poverty of resources,poverty of knowledge and most importantly, poverty of Mind.

}

How Much Doctors Earn?

Not me, but my sister is a doctor.

Firstly I'll mention her earnings, then what she sacrified to become a doctor.

So, her earnings,

While she was doing her internship (2013–2014), the stipend she used to get was 15,000 INR.

Then, in 2015, she did a contract based job for 6 months and got some 70,000 INR.

And now, in her PG, MD( obstetrics and gynaecology) she's getting 88,000.

What all she sacrificed,

Ummm, not only her, but us, her family too. :)

Well we are a nuclear family of 5. Mom, Dad, Deedo (i love calling her this), Me, Brother. She was born in 1991, me in 1996 and bro came to us in 2001. So, a gap of 5-years in 2 of us lead us in 3 different stages of life always, till date, unless all of us are adults.

So, when i was in 6th standard and bro was in 1st, we had to bid goodbye to our didi to Chandigarh, 190 kms from our town, for her medical entrance exams coaching. You see, how little was he, 6.5 years old! And she was his favorite in house. He used to cry every evening missing her to be home. I used to sit beside her and chatter about my day for a long time and used to go to her taking every little problem, from personal to fights with bro to my homework and drawings, she would do it all. 

And now, i was the elder kid in home. That sucked. I barely used to talk to her on phone, as i just used to sit beside mom and listen to her conversation with Deedo, reason being, she had to study and i was an introvert. She used to visit us every 2.5 months only for 2 days, and used to cry everytime i bid her goodbye and take a promise from her that next time she would come soon. 

But no, to get something we have to lose. Papa Mumma missed her a lot, of course. Papa's favourite child. <3 Haha, and we were always happy with that. :)

Okay, time passed, 2008, with God's grace, she got a great rank in All India Medical test exams for UG, she got MBBS in Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore. This time, 2024 kms away, but we were happy. Didi was going to be a Doctor. She used to visit us after every year for 15 days and we grew up almost without her. She graduated in March,2014, when i passed my 12th and bro was now in 7th standard. You see, he entered in teenage and me in adulthood, almost without her.

Then she started to prepare for her MD entrance exams but luck didn't favour her for the first attempts.

Decided to try again, second time and this time, she did a job for 6 months in Government hospital, 32 sector, Chandigarh to gain some experience, and to freshen up her mind from constant studying. This time,2015, she didn't get a rank of her choice so she decided to try again. Not an easy-peasy task, only medicos know this. Hats off to them!

2016, second attempt, again, she wanted to clear for AIIMS or PGI, Chandigarh or a good government college in All India exam. Her wish, though, was to in AIIMS.

But, 2017, not yet.

3 years of her constant struggle, hard work and we had to be away from her. Why? Because in these 3 years, even when she was in home, no one from us was allowed to go her room. But we were happy, at least she was with us.

I am a naughty kid at home (officially an adult but I'm a kid at home). I just used to open her room steadily, smile like an idiot, say Hi! And come back.

Thank God🙏🏻

2018, she got AIIMS, Delhi, her dream college and now she is in second year MD (obstetrics and gynaecology) working from 7 am in morning till 11 pm or sometimes even late till, 1 or 2 am. 

Holidays? Doctors don't get that. Okay, once per month. Since then 2018 , she has got home twice, once for one day and this time for 2-3 days. But, since Delhi, is an overnight journey, we get to go there sometimes.

Brother is now 18.5 Years old, I'm almost 24, Missing her since 11 years. We love her like anything.

Being doctor ain't easy. Almost every doctor's life is like that.

She used to be little arrogant and stubborn but since she has been doing and completed her MBBS, she's turned into such a humble person that I'm shocked.

I think, if soldiers protect us from border, doctors protect us in the border.

-Rahat Monga

Government Official are lazy,corrupt and inefficient.

Let’s hear the other side of the story. Most of us think that Government Officials are lazy, incompetent, or inefficient. Almost everyone thinks that Government Officials just relax in the office and don’t work without taking bribes from the people. Some of you might think that Government jobs are secure heavens where you can’t lose your jobs even if you are extremely incompetent.

Here is the reality check –

1. Government Officials (especially in Central Government Offices in Delhi) work hard! - Every Government scheme is executed/monitored from Delhi. If your preferred Political Party can boast about its achievements, it is because of us Government employees.

2. The younger generation of government employees prefer working over being lazy. We get bored if we have nothing to do. In fact, most of us enjoy working, however, we don’t want to work for long hours because it doesn’t have any impact on our salaries or promotions. Plus, we don’t have to please our bosses by being a bootlicker or a chamcha as they also don’t affect our salaries or promotions much.

3. We joined Government services because we wanted to have a stable personal life and time for our families and relationships. Who doesn’t? Government jobs start with a good salary but we often earn less than our counterparts in other industries after some years. In some cases, the difference is quite large. However, we are comfortable. Also, most of us are patriots and frown upon people taking bribes.

4. However, the question was about taking away the job security of Government Officials. In my opinion, that would be a huge mistake. One, the job security was given to us as a protection from our Superior Officers. In Government Offices, a subordinate Assistant usually checks the rules and then submits the files. The Superior Officers are free to add remarks to his note or assessment of the situation and offer their own assessment. However, lots of times, the Bosses force Subordinates to submit the initial noting or assessment as per their whims or views which exonerates the Superiors from the allegations of any wrongdoings as they can claim that the Subordinates deliberately tried to misguide them. The job security protects the subordinates from the whims of his Officers and gives him some semblance of power. Secondly, the job security is one of the huge perks of the Government jobs which attracts lots of good talent to the Government jobs. Without this, many good people will opt for something else because of stagnation of salaries. Thirdly, taking away job security will lead to stress which in return will lead to reduced efficiency. In fact, it will lead to many Government employees (honest ones) to look for other sources of income for security.

5. Please don’t assume things about Government servants. I have worked 80 hour weeks, returned home at 3 am, worked more than I used to in a private company and yet, not getting recognized by people outside of Government.

Regards and have a good day everyone!

-Hitender Kumar

Got Low IQ?

High IQ isn’t correlated to success in life…personality traits are.

I’m going to tell you something most people outside of psychology don’t know. That is, that average *is* intelligent….but most people won’t even come close to using the potential they’ve got.

The average person stops learning when people stop teaching. Most don’t seek out information individually, they don’t grow on their own, and they don’t search out expansion.

It isn’t because average people don’t have the capacity for it, it’s because human nature is often to *get by* with the least possible effort.

This is why having an average IQ would never hold you back - but others things certainly will.

• Lack of motivation,
• Lack of resilience/persistence (grit)
• Lack of self-control

These are the things will hold you back.

So while it’s great to have a high IQ or an average IQ…it’s what you do with it that matters. There are people with high IQs who fail high school all the time and never do anything with their life…and there are people with average IQs who end up with an 8–9 figure net worth.

IQ is about your intellectual potential…but it’s up to you how you are going to fulfill that potential…

…and if you’ve got drive? Well, there isn’t a person in the world that can stop you.

IQ tests (and I’ve given hundreds of them), tell us about your potential, and they can be influenced by a *lot* of different things - if you’re bilingual, if you are actively depressed or anxious, etc…to me, they’re just good rule-outs for certain illnesses and disabilities.

I wouldn’t worry *at all* if scoring in the average range…most people have no idea how to use what they’ve got. You can be amazing.

-Julie Gurner

Talent

I have innate talent. There is no such thing as innate skills. Skills are something you acquire through hard work.

Innate talent does not mean anything.

I have a friend who would be good at playing piano IF ONLY she played piano. But my friend barely touches a piano.

There are also plenty of people who graduate Art University but they never pursue art. They just forget about it, or worse, start believing it is worthless. Such people have not understood a thing about life.

In order to be good at art, your innate skills are WORTHLESS unles you show up for work every single day. No excuses, the only valid excuse is if you are dead or you are having surgery. Then, after surgery, go back to work.

Work daily on your skill. Show up. Otherwise, no matter if you are talented or not, you will end up wasting your life.

-Medicine Madison