People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren't the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.
By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.
Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.
Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people.
Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them.
One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.
Some people don't need to work hard because they are so talented.
A lot of times I find that people who are blessed with the most talent don't ever develop that attitude, and the ones who aren't blessed in that way are the most competitive and have the biggest heart.
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