Howard Taylor, creator of Schlock Mercenary web comic, gave a talk at UVA a while ago that describe the basic difference between talent and practice. His assertion is that it’s not talent that gets you noticed or makes you good at something, but doing a lot of practice. This talk is not what I would consider the best presentation (Howard still needs to practice at creating presentations and public speaking), but the concepts are very applicable to all human endeavours. As one of my mentors has said “Anything worth doing, is worth doing poorly at first.” Howard exemplifies this view and expands on it in this talk.
