People say that I am gifted but I think I am an idiot and being gifted is just a curse of higher expectations.
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Depending on the context, _gifted_ may mean that you are slightly faster at learning new things than the average person, or that you have shown a surprisingly good ability in something (e.g. hand to eye coordination in a new sport you are trying).
In terms of expectations and such, it’s important to bear in mind that a person’s productivity has much more to do with how they applied themselves over long periods. Top athletes may have been born with some lucky traits, but nevertheless work their butts off day-in, day-out, for years. Top academics may be intellectually gifted, but have studied and applied themselves in their fields for years and years. Basically nobody gets to the top without effort, and a “non-gifted” person can make it very surprisingly far. And in this sense, don’t look at failures as proof of one’s lack of giftedness, as this can lead to a bunch of bad habits, such as never wanting to take any risks. Rather, look at it as a function of effort put in to mastering something. If we lose to a stronger opponent, most times it’s because they put in more effort into training than we did.
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