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Sometimes the greatest gift you can give a gifted kid is failing early at something they want, so they learn the grit to achieve it.

• wenc 2y ago
  Absolutely. No matter how gifted a person is, there is going to be some point in their lives or some domain where pure talent will be insufficient. Even super geniuses like Terence Tao struggled (he nearly did not pass his generals). https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2019/06/27/living-proof-stories-of-resilience-along-the-mathematical-journey/ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2019/06/27/living-proof-stori... https://web.math.princeton.edu/generals/tao_terence https://web.math.princeton.edu/generals/tao_terence The American Mathematical Society has a PDF of essays of brilliant mathematicians (including Terence Tao) who despite their abilities, faced obstacles and difficulties that their sheer talents were inadequate to overcome, and they had to persevere. https://blogs.ams.org/inclusionexclusion/2019/06/26/living-proof-a-must-read/ https://blogs.ams.org/inclusionexclusion/2019/06/26/living-p...
  • ikr678 2y ago
    > Absolutely. No matter how gifted a person is, there is going to be some point in their lives or some domain where pure talent will be insufficient. Unfortunately, for some this comes in university where we see peers with worse grades getting access to better graduate roles and work placements because of who they are related to, and you can't study your way to having the right surname.