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What Every Entrepreneur Could Learn from Justin Bieber

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Re: What Every Entrepreneur Could Learn from Justin Bieber

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I've come to believe that many people (like the article author) confuse talent with passion and persistence. If you naturally have a talent for something, you are more likely to pursue it and spark a passion for it. It's much easier to get good at something you have a natural inclination towards. This does not mean that talent is a prerequisite for getting good at something. And besides, having talent is like having…

Certain things require more talent than others. It doesn't matter how hard you practice, you're not going to run faster than Usain Bolt.

That's funny, it used to be that one would never run faster than a 4-minute mile.

Re: What Every Entrepreneur Could Learn from Justin Bieber

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Once again the famous selection bias... For one Justin Bieber -- whose story so perfectly fit the good ol' American dream it isn't even funny, we've all seen 4564398 movies with this plot already, but I digress --, for one Bieber how many talented, hard working people who didn't success?

What about giving some friggin' facts for a change, instead of same old tired, rehashed, syrupy story not even good enough for Cosmopolitan magazine?

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