mag
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The Kardashians/Jenners have done a wondrous job of catering to a long un-served market. "From the talentless"..."to the talentless". Got no brains? No talent? Neither do we! Don't be alone, come buy our stuff and celebrate all your inabilities and inadequacies with us! All this for a low, low price of.... (Ka-Ching!)
I know very little about Kanye West other than he is married to Kim. I don't think I could pick him out of a line up or recognize any of is music. I have seen a few clips of Keep up with the K's and articles in People, Us, etc. The thing is, I much prefer hard working people who use their brains and hard work to get somewhere in life (even if I don't really care for where that somewhere is) than someone who thinks they have "talent" and shouldn't have to work hard.
I see so many parents these days trying to convince the world that their child is special. Their child is "talented." That exceptions should be made because of this perceived talent and their child shouldn't have to follow the rules or work as hard as everyone else, and should get special favors because of this talent. I see it in school where kids have learned to manipulate teachers by crying on demand to get out of test and then bragging about it later. I see it in skating where coaches bend over backwards to make sure their special snowflakes only complete when they are pretty much assured a podium finish. The sad thing is, in most cases there is no special talent, yet the child learns very quickly that hard work = not talented, therefore, if they are talented they shouldn't have to work hard so they shy away from anything that doesn't come easily. It is a complete waste and very sad.
So how does this long rant apply to this thread? Kanye may well be one of those who believes his "talent" should exclude him from hard work, I don't know enough to judge. Kim, on the other hand is all about hard work and making the best of what you have. It wouldn't want her life and I certainly wouldn't want my kids to have her life, but I do respect her work ethic. She is clearly smart and hard working. You don't stay where she is by luck. You don't earn what she has earned or have the business interests she has without a lot of hard work. My big hope is that she is not afraid to teach that work ethic to her children.
The British Tennis Association has a list of guidelines for parents. One really resonates with me. It states "praise hard work, not talent."