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All that is different from trying one’s hand on anything that comes along, utterly different to
extent that skill or experience or
ability to lead may be an essential qualification.
Blundering into anything blindly generally produces an impact and any person could cut rather a ridiculous figure attempting a skilled work without experience thereby thwarting ever effort that was made. There is a story of a sculptor who, when asked if his work was difficult to learn, replies: "Not at all. You just take a block of marble, a chisel and a hammer, and knock off
bits you don’t want!"
Another person’s work very often looks easy until we try to attempt it ourselves. An artist might dash off a snappy little sketch in ten minutes, but it could well be
result of ten years of hard and patient effort on
part of
artist concerned.
It seems as if
‘I’ll try anything people" have very little chance to achieve success in any sphere unless they are determined, that is first of all, emerging triumphant from their first real test.
It is useful to be versatile. In fact, each of us should be able to do more than one job reasonably well but it definitely does not pay to dabble.
Sometimes, a hesitant bather dips an inquiring toe into
water and withdraws it hastily because
water is cold. The water is invariably cold when tested in this way. It is only when one plunges in and splashes about, flinging oneself heart and soul into
pleasurable pursuit, that
real joy of conquest known.
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