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Nobody Starts at the Top of Their Game
Everybody starts as a beginner.
Every great began as a beginner. Whether they were a leader, writer, painter, artist, athlete, or whatever, they started as a beginner.
Nobody enters any given field as an expert. Nobody.
Yes, some people advance quicker than others. This is dependent on inherent skill and/or talent, how they learn, how fast they learn, natural ability, and all sorts of other factors along the way.
Still, even those who have the most gifts and innate proficiencies begin as beginners. Nobody starts at the top of their game.
Unfortunately, there’s a loud false narrative about the latently able starting at the top. Star athletes who appear to have arrived at their peak, the incredibly rare first-time writer creating a best-seller, the artist painting a masterpiece on the first go, and the like. These wunderkinds are held in high regard and even the expected standard all others must meet.
Yet even they started as a beginner. That part just gets ignored, glossed over, and disregarded for the present amazingness presented.
