Man of Honour
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While I don't believe that you can excel at everything you try, I believe there are a number of careers/skills where you can become pretty good if you put in enough practice - you'll never be as good as someone with natural ability and application but certainly decent.
There are some things that no matter how much time and effort I put in I will never be anything much above average in but I'll continue to do them because I enjoy them.
It's also worth remembering that just because a skill is unusual and you may be great at it doesn't automatically mean you'll be able to make much of a living from it - you could be the greatest Bolivian nose-flute player in the World and it seems unlikely there's enough of a market in it to support yourself if you live in say Great Yarmouth.
There are some things that no matter how much time and effort I put in I will never be anything much above average in but I'll continue to do them because I enjoy them.
It's also worth remembering that just because a skill is unusual and you may be great at it doesn't automatically mean you'll be able to make much of a living from it - you could be the greatest Bolivian nose-flute player in the World and it seems unlikely there's enough of a market in it to support yourself if you live in say Great Yarmouth.