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I remember when I took an aptitude test in school; part of the test was to put pegs into holes as quickly as we could. I couldn’t get many pegs in the time allowed, but from this they determined I had “no aptitude for fine handwork,” and that I should not do anything requiring accuracy or fine work because I would do poorly at it. The opposite is true. I am exceptional at it and have been recognized for fine work. Their test was faulty.
I think of all the literature greats who were told they could not write before they made it big. Ernest Hemingway received many rejections slips, including one, which read, “It would be in extremely rotten taste, to say nothing of being horribly cruel, should we want to publish it.” And the manuscript, “Lolita,” by Vladimir Nabokov received this rejection from a publisher: “overwhelmingly nauseating… I recommend that it be buried under a stone for a thousand years.” Why then, are these books that are “in rotten taste” or “nauseating” required reading at universities around the world?
Edouard Manet’s paintings were widely and harshly criticized in his lifetime by the experts of the day, and Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting in his lifetime. Where would we be if they had decided to quit after hearing criticism?
Glenn Cunningham, who was burned badly in a fire as a child, was told he’d never walk again. Even though he was missing several of his toes, he went on to win the Olympics in 1938 for track.
So I ask, should we accept it when tests say we have no aptitude for something? Should we listen to others who criticize and predict our failure and allow their opinion to convince us to quit? I think when we feel a strong need to do something or have a love of doing it, that we should let those feelings be our guide and take precedence over the discouraging comments of others.
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