leafmealone

You are setting yourself up for massive disappointment.

The world is full of talented failures.

People who had all the potential in the world and still ended up broke, bitter, and left in the dust.

Why?

Because talent alone isn't enough.

It's wasted potential.

It does not matter how talented you are...

If you are not putting in the work and building the skills necessary to win long-term...

You will get your fucking ass beat by all the people who do.

Grit.

Resilience.

Self-belief.

Confidence.

Discipline.

Mental toughness.

These are skills you must build and leverage to dominate your competition.

Without them...

How talented you are or aren't is completely irrelevant.

There are tens of thousands of people with far less talent...

Far fewer resources...

Far greater struggles...

...and far less fortune than you who have won on scales bigger than you could possibly imagine for yourself currently.

That's just the truth.

Talent is an advantage.

...But it's only an advantage if you stack it on top of the actual monotonous work required to build real skills and become a true master of your craft.