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The talent you had before anyone taught you to doubt it.
means A natural capacity or quickness to learn and do something well.
from From Latin 'aptitudo,' meaning fitness or suitability, rooted in 'aptus' — 'fitted, suited, apt' — the past participle of 'apere,' to fasten or attach. The idea at its core is of pieces fitting together: an aptitude is something that 'fits' you, a skill your mind was already attached to before practice ever entered the picture.
- vs skill
- potential before practice, not after
- tests measure
- reasoning speed, not actual genius
- latin root
- aptus means fitted, suited, ready
- hiring myth
- predicts trainability more than performance