{"id":23983,"date":"2022-11-26T15:26:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T14:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=23983"},"modified":"2022-11-27T06:20:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T05:20:08","slug":"effort-matters-more-than-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/11\/effort-matters-more-than-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Effort Matters More than Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effort involves hard-work and perseverance, while talent comprises of abilities and skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One can say that talent beats hard work. People who persevere in reaching their dreams are overpowered by those who have the innate skills already. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as time passes by, effort can be more powerful than talent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this video on why effort matters more than talent from the link below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Why Effort Matters More Than Talent | Angela Duckworth\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iAK5wMzRXAI?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Does effort really matter more than talent? <\/li><li>What can you say with \u201ctalent counts but effort counts twice\u201d? <\/li><li>How were you able to get your job? Is it through effort or talent? Explain further. <\/li><li>At this moment, which do you think matters more? Effort or talent? Why?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Effort involves hard-work and perseverance, while talent comprises of abilities and skills. One can say that talent beats hard work. People who persevere in reaching their dreams are overpowered by those who have the innate skills already. However, as time passes by, effort can be more powerful than talent. 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