You are very talented, so why are you so unproductive?

 　　What does "mediocre and unproductive" mean? In plain terms, it means being busy all day but achieving nothing! Especially for those who are truly talented and hardworking, why do they remain mediocre and unsuccessful?

　　A quote from Zeng Guofan might explain this phenomenon: "In undertaking great tasks, insight is primary, talent secondary; in achieving great things, human planning accounts for half, and divine will for the other half."

　　What is "insight" and what is "talent"? Simply put, insightful people know what to do. Talented people know how to do it. The difference is obvious.

　　Those who achieve great things invariably possess "insight" first, then "talent." The most famous contemporary example is Jack Ma. When the e-commerce boom arrived, he first clearly defined what he wanted to do, and then gathered a group of people who knew how to do it. A insightful person plus a group of talented people formed a team and accomplished a great feat.

　　You are very talented, so why are you still mediocre? Talented people often share a common flaw: arrogance. They believe that with their abilities, they have everything under control, but things are rarely like that. How can someone who knows themselves but not others, not the situation, knows how to attack but not how to defend or retreat, achieve great things?