Some people say success is “10% talent and 90 % hard work”. Is hard work the key to success, or is talent also important?
Success is often thought to consist of 10% talent and 90%hard work”. The latter is the main condition of success, even if a person is talented. I totally agree with this opinion, and it this essay I am going to explain why.
Einstein expressed the same thought, but it different proportion – only 1% was related to talent. It is clear that a great physicist knew what he was talking about. Of course, there are some examples, like in Mendeleev’s case when he discovered the Periodical Table of Elements while he was sleeping. Needless to say, such patterns can be called exceptional.
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