I rarely make serious posts, a friend of mine just shared some really good advice with me and I figured I'd share it with you all. Probably going to butcher it but here goes: You can't expect to get very far living off talent alone. Even if you're good at something, you still need to put the time and effort in to make sure you nurture that skill and improve yourself. If you have a talent and people come to you like "WOW you're so good!!!" it gives off a feeling of "yeah, I'm good, why would I need to practice, I'm already good." and makes the very thought of practicing even sound ridiculous since you could swear you don't need it.
Now, this