Gustav Holst

Natural born talent can only take us so far in life so far, because unless we are willing to put in the effort to further those talents, our talents will stagnate and eventually become useless as other motivated people who will have worked their entire lives will be able to catch up or even surpass those same talents. Thinking about it in a mathematical way always made more sense to me; if some talented pianist was ranked 90th around the world and moved up a rank every 2 years, compared to a really hard-working pianist was ranked 600th world wide and moved 20 spots each year, eventually the latter would outperform the former. Although, it is not just about who becomes better than who, because in the long run, those who began …show more content…
At a young age, Holst had already began instruments, but one of his later teachers had described him as dedicated and diligent, but not exceptionally bright or gifted in playing instruments. Ultimately, Holst had spent the rest of his life composing music, despite a myriad of failures to win several musical competitions. His intense passion for music “Never compose anything, unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you.” outweighed the fact that he certainly was not the next Mozart, and led him later in life to gain fame for his work. Although through all of this, there is still one burning question in my mind; why is it that talented people are always more famous than the hard workers? I guess in some ways it depends on the profession, because musical genius who started young are a rarity and that is part of the reason why they earn more credit than those playing their entire lives, On the other hand, teachers or leaders who are excellent at teaching and commanding, but lack the motivation to instruct their others, do not at all make great instructors in their