{"id":2239,"date":"2019-09-03T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.232.143.211\/?p=2239"},"modified":"2019-09-27T12:47:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T12:47:06","slug":"key-success-hard-work-new-talent-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/03\/key-success-hard-work-new-talent-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Key to Success: Hard Work is the New Talent (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">Talent is overrated in our society today.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Many kids are told they are special and gifted so much that they put little value on hard work, grit and determination. They can think if they really have to bear down and work, something must be wrong.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our society equates talent with <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/psychcentral.com\/blog\/talent-isnt-everything-persistence-is\/\"><strong>success in life<\/strong><\/a><strong>, but that\u2019s a false narrative.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How many times have you heard things like, \u201cHe\u2019s got so much talent, but he doesn\u2019t apply himself.\u201d Or, \u201cShe\u2019s talented, but she doesn\u2019t know how to use it.\u201d?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consistent, deliberate practice \u2013 and hard work \u2013 are the real keys to achieving greatness.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this video, you\u2019ll find out why perseverance and dedication are more important than talent if you want to have <a href=\"https:\/\/getswitchedonblog.com\/careful-recruiting-talent\/\">success in life<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eW5CY5JdqC8&amp;t=7s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Watch the video now.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"688\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eW5CY5JdqC8?start=7&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/resources.getswitchedon.com\/meeting-planner-mistakes-avoid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/3.232.143.211\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Chip_Event_CTA_Blog-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2223\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talent is overrated in our society today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-personal-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2244,"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239\/revisions\/2244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}