#543 Determination vs Talent — What Really Drives Success?
In this episode of Learn Polish Podcast the hosts debate whether determination is an innate talent or a skill you can develop. They share personal business stories, setbacks and recoveries, and practical tips — lists, coaching, routines and intuition — to build long-term discipline.
The conversation also covers how to avoid unhealthy obsession, balance work and rest, and why your circle influences your habits. Find all episodes and links in the show notes at learnpolishpodcast.com.
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00:07 - Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast
00:40 - The Importance of Interaction
02:01 - Determinacy vs. Talent
07:07 - The First Year of Business
10:12 - Moments of Doubt
14:41 - Personal Experiences of Determination
17:12 - Healthy Goals vs. Obsession
19:00 - Skills for Maintaining Determination
23:28 - Determinacy is Work, Not Talent
24:25 - Choosing the Right Company
0:00 Welcome to Learn Polish Podcast. You can find all our episodes on learnpolishpodcast.com or on Bitchute YouTube and in Bumble. You can get lessons from Anya, both in Polish and in Spanish, and all the links are in the show notes and everything about me. If you're watching, scan the QR code or go to wicom.com. You'll find my six podcasts, along with my two school groups and the virtual assistants as well. Or just go to Vieta. DzieÅ dobry, Rianna. DzieÅ dobry, dzieÅ dobry. Roi, jak siÄ masz? Dobrze, dziÄkujÄ. A o Ciebie? Może byÄ, ale... Może byÄ, jest niedobra, dlatego... SÅopno mi, bo nikt nie komentuje nigdzie i...
0:40 And so, I don't see the comments, I always tell them to comment on whether they're going to comment, whether they're going to comment, whether they're going to comment, or they don't comment. I don't see a lot of things, and I rarely do that, but then I think that it's important. So, when you comment, when you like, just write, oh, okay, but I'm saying, oh, maybe you don't like this, but it's okay, but you don't like that. But you can say, oh, not, or, but you also have a choice, oh, if you say, oh, such a topic, right?
1:21 Exactly, the topic. It's a help to our podcast. No, although I am very creative in these topics, but I, as I know, maybe someone will have a nice other topic, and I will be able to share it with my own choice. I love how people comment, obviously. Trzeba to be able to interact with the interaction. No, okay. Today I have a question for you. I think if someone has a question for me, I know that I have a favorite topic. And one of the topics is what? What I love. And now I have a question for you. The first question, which you can see on the graph, is whether determinacy is talent?
2:06 Because everyone has a determination. Determinacy is talent. The first question is a quick answer. So or not? No. Determinacy is your... Yes, it's your fault. If you are, or not. You are lazy, or not, because maybe you are a meal, because you are lazy. But when you have a determination, for example, you are a lot of your clients, you can just sit and wait, or you can do social media, because you have a determination, right?
2:49 So it's your feeling. Sometimes it's good, and sometimes it can be a day or a few days. It's a little bit better, and you don't have balance, but you always return to determination. What's your return to determinacy? Okay, so you told me what you are determined. Tell me what you are determined. Tell me what you are determined. Tell me what you are determined. That's something we can do to work. That's a thing, with which we are working. And that's what we are trying to do to do with our own way. Now tell me why is it so that... Because, you know, in the world there are many people. And nobody is the same.
3:37 That means, if all of us were the same, everyone is different, everyone has different character. Some are not bad, some are not bad, some are not bad, some are not bad, some are not bad, some are not bad. Others are not. It is absolutely normal. And I don't say that people who don't lead business are bad. I don't say that people who don't lead business are bad. Just like that, some are bad, some others are bad. And that's it. Tell me, why one group of people can't fight to the same end, even if they can't do it, to nothing will happen.
4:19 And so they can't fight to the same end and they can't fight to the same end. A second group of people, when they see a problem, they go down. Even if there are two problems, even if there are three problems, they just kill them. And how is it? Why do people like this? Why do people like this? Why do people fight and the other people quickly get rid of what happens? What happens when you think about it? And what group of people are going to do with you? Maybe there is a family, because when a family does everything for a girl, Everything can be lonely and not come back, because people always do everything like that. And...
5:07 Też może samodeterminacja jest, jak chceÅ¡ to moje życie, tak? I masz plan, tak? Masz cel, tak? I co to jest ja? Ja zawsze jest, na przykÅad, ja mam koÄ na podcasting i ja pomoÄ ludzi. Ale ja wiem, dużo ludzi, jest 4 albo wiÄcej milion ludzi, kto robi podcast. And do you know how many people do this podcast last month? 450 000. No, it's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. I don't have a determination.
5:49 It's like starting to do this. It's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. So, but if, for example, my goal is to help people, help us in language, help us in speaking podcasts, in meditation, in gÅow, for example, and that is my determination, because I know that I will help people. But sometimes people organize podcasts, and I think that I will make a lot of millions of money. It's not a situation, you have to wait for it, and that's why there is no determination.
6:34 It's very interesting, because many people think that if something starts, then after a month, it will be a great amount of money and a lot of money. The truth is that business is for people who can fight. Because I tell you so, I would even say that not only a month, But I think that even a year, if someone starts from zero, I think that the first year is just a normal year, without a show. It's not like that someone's worth a million dollars. The first year is just a lesson of the way to do it. And the money and everything else will come back later.
7:15 And it's true in all aspects of life, especially in business, that if someone really builds something from zero, especially in the days, where there is everything, because there are podcasts, there are schools, there is everything. But if I build something from zero, there is determinacy and trance. I think that when I look at my theater, I remember how I started, I don't know how it looked like, but now, I think that I do not have a chance. I think that first year, to for every person who wants to do something with their own life, I would say that first year is not a lot.
8:01 It will be like you want to wait. You have to wait. It is a patience, a discipline, No, and of course, through this whole life, it's a whole life, it's a whole thing, and there are a lot of problems, sometimes it's like, sometimes it's like, but only at some time it's easy, it's a stabilisation. So, I'm telling you the truth, or I'm sorry, right? No, it's true. I spoke with a businessman last week. He said, he has a partner, business partner, and the first year zero, next year 13,000 dollars for two people and now it's 6-7 dollars, it's like a million, but they have a determination to do it.
8:59 I have, I organize, I don't know, 20 firms And sometimes you have a determination, you teach, you do everything, and you earn a lot of time, and you have a determination. Because when you do 90% of your work and look at someone who is lazy, your heart is not in the middle of the world. And it's better to see you. Do you understand? I understand.
9:41 I understand. But you should not listen to others. But listen to yourself and your intuition. If you do this, because I believe in something like intuition of the entrepreneur. I don't know if you do it. I don't think that's what I do. And if someone doesn't do it, they don't think about it. But if someone does it, they have intuition. And I also have a intuition. And there is something like a decision like a decision. Szybkie decyzje, intuicja, coÅ Ci podpowiada i to robisz tak. No to sÄ rzeczy takie biznesowe. No dobrze, w takim razie, a powiedz mi teraz, no teraz bÄdzie ważne pytanie, czy Ty kiedyÅ w życiu miaÅeÅ taki moment, że brakÅo Ci determinacji?
10:23 To znaczy, że no już stwierdzisz, że naprawdÄ masz tego dosyÄ, bo nie wiem, bo życie Ci dawaÅo tyle przeszkód, nie wiem, ciÄ gle coÅ, jakiÅ problem i po prostu, życie CiÄ testowaÅo bardzo i stwierdziÅeÅ, że już masz dosyÄ, już nie chce Ci siÄ po prostu i walki, i determinacji, że już siÄ poddajesz, a mimo to siÄ nie poddaÅeÅ. MiaÅeÅ takÄ sytuacjÄ. Maybe so, because I have a lot of companies, I build a lot of companies, and one time I was in the USA, and then I was here. I was good, but my few partners didn't have a lot of companies.
11:04 The bank was everything, and I gave my money for a few business companies, because I thought that everything was good, but no. So, then the bank weighs everything out of me, and I have less than 5 million dollars. Like 20 thousand dollars, or I have a house, I have a commercial house. And I have been in the prison a lot of times, and I look at everything, and I have a bank, a bank, a company. And at that moment, I have a lot. I have everything just fine. That I just go, now I don't know, my home, my personal life, because that moment, I don't know, how long, but it was time, it was like, oh, like, determinacy, and then, it was like, it was my determinacy, because I don't want to do that bad people to do other people.
12:01 And it was my determinacy on the podcast, on everything I do, it's, I don't want to do that. Firma, ten ludzi, kto robi źle rzeczy, bo wszystko, kedy wie, na przykÅad ostatni podcast Karma, kedy wie, bÄdzie silny. Tak, tak. Yes, yes, yes. Sometimes it is so, that you can see a lot of problems and a lot of problems but I always, I don't think I'm negative I don't think I think about it as a problem I think I'm better, I think that I'm not a test or I'm not a test or I'm not a test and if I'm not a I don't think I'm really I think I'm a lot of people I think that when there is a lot of problems and people are struggling with their own, it means that they really want to do it. I also had a lot of time.
13:03 For example, the result is like, your determination changes. I don't want to speak here, because I don't want to use a lot of words in Polish. But yes, I would like to say, well, I would like to say, There was a moment where I lived for work, because I live for work. In sum, I'm a professor, that I only teach work, but I live for work. And for a while I lived for work. And I was also a moment where I was chora, then I was chora. I was chora, and I was very serious. And I was also working for work. And I didn't know anything.
13:44 And it was like a group of problems, which just all of them are in the same way, that if there is one problem, it is still okay, but suddenly you don't have problems, and then you have five problems. And it's a serious disease, so if you have a problem, if you have a problem, it's a problem, it's a tough one. And sometimes, even if you have a determination, it's a bad thing, But I'm determined that even I'm even more confident in my life. I won't say I won't win, but I won't win, but I won't win. But I'm in my life, I test I'm determined.
14:26 And I think that both of you and I think that people who listen to us, many times we've noticed that we're very determined. And everyone has a personal experience. You're talking about the development, I'm talking about the work. I think that everyone has a story, where he was determined, despite the problems that he had in life, he was very determined and he was determined. And everyone has such a small victory in life. For me, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I'm going to go to the house, I'm going to go to the house, I'm going to go to the house, I'm going to go to the house. So, for example, for another person, a success to be, for example, a problem, a problem, something like that.
15:15 And it's good. Every life is different. Every person has their own problems and their own success. And every person has their determination. And so. MniejszÄ , wiÄkszÄ . Here I think that people who have to go, who have to go, because there is a lot of determination. I have very much determination, very much determination. And... Because... Everyone has a little determination, but in some cases, the determination is more advanced, I would say. Which one does not change, but here... No, I think... When you think about everything in order, why something is on the ground, and you have to return to your determination.
16:04 I think that is a test, and when you have bad things, you will be more and then you will not hurt. And you will return to your determination, because it may be a lot of time, and now it will be worse. Now it will be nothing. Yeah, I think from the perspective of the time, I think that if I had problems like now, I would have stressed myself. Now I would have to be normal to have problems. I even if I don't stress myself, I just don't stress myself. It's just a little bit. It's just a little bit. Now, I think. How to change positive determination from a little bit of a little bit of a obsession? I think that we have a determination. We have a goal in life.
16:57 There are different goals. The work, the development of the company, the development of the profession. People have different ideas and problems. And they have a goal. Everyone has a goal. And now, how to change the good determination, So that's a good goal. Positive goal, from a healthy obsession, that you're obsessed with something else. That's a good goal, because you want to have a good job, a good future. But how do you do this normal determination from a healthy obsession? Because determination and obsession is very close to me.
17:39 For example, I think that I'm obsessed with my obsession. I think that I'm obsessed with my life, because I'm obsessed with it. No, to jaka jest granica miÄdzy takÄ dobrÄ determinacjÄ , a niezdrowÄ obsesjÄ ? Jak to rozróżniÄ? It's like, musi byÄ czas dla ciebie, bo kiedy na przykÅad caÅÄ godzinÄ robiÄ o twoje cel, to nie jest zdrowe, bo bÄdzie potem, bÄdzie chore i coÅ, tak? Musi byÄ czas dla ciebie. Możesz szikowaÄ na weekend, tak? Like, for example, maybe in a spacer, maybe in a shower, because it's time for you, so it's good. But when I think, oh, I can go to shower, because I have to work, I can go to shower, because I have to work.
18:23 It's not determinacy, it's a pain, so it's always a bad thing, and then there's a catar, and then he's on the bed for a bus, and then return to normal, because your body says, OK, it's time for you. So, it's better, it's better to have a few things. It's time for you. It's very important. Mm-hmm. So, when we have time. For themselves. Yes, of course. But tell me, if there are some kind of skills that help get determined?
19:06 Because... ... ... ... ... ... between determination and motivation, because I don't even look at motivation, because I'm honest, I don't have motivation. I'm just lena, I don't want to. I think that every one of us... No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no bym nie robiÅa.
19:48 I think that the base of this is just determinacy and discipline. Because these things are not going to exist. Because if you know, you must do it and you do it, it's your routine, then you do it. A motivation? I think that I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it. I don't want to do it, because I don't want to do it. And now, are there any kind of techniques that help to keep the determination and discipline in this way? Is there something that you are dying? No, many things. For example, there may be a list. Not a list of a list of days. And you will know, when you do it, it will be good.
20:30 Also coach, I don't know, coach in Polish. Coach? In Polish, it's called coach. Coach, yes. Coach in Polish, like in Polish, sometimes people will do it. In the words, like, like, a when it's coach, it's, like, it's a little bit and it's also helpful to be a podcasting to coach, to be a language coach, like, a teacher and a business or a life coach can do it. Okay, what do you think? It's all good, but it's time for you. And if you're a person who is a patch, but it's not your partner, it's not your family, and sometimes it will help me too.
21:15 But for me, I don't have a coach on this thing, but I always have my list. I know what I have to do. And... Sometimes, when I'm behind, I work a lot, and also when I feel tired, I never work, when I'm tired, I know, okay, it's time for me, okay, it's time for me, okay, it's time for me, okay, it's time for me, okay, it's time for me, okay, when I think about your body, it will help, but sometimes people can help too. Yes. Yes, everyone has a system. And the way that helps to keep it, that's how I say, in order with what we have done.
22:01 I don't like to make a list. I don't like to make a list. But I naturally I'm a little bit more impulsive and energy. I don't know, I don't like to make a list. And I don't like to make a list. I don't like to make a list. I don't like to make a list. I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't know what I want to do, I don't I don't think of any day, and it's something that I'm going to do, so I'm going to do not plan.
22:54 I determinacy is not helping me, because I am, I will say it is a bit of a word, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to say, I am just going to I must learn people to work, to work. Okay, so we're talking about determinacy, that determinacy is not talent, it's something that you work with.
23:39 I z tym zostaniemy, tak, że faktycznie sÄ rzeczy, które można wypracowaÄ. Nie wszystkie, bo faktycznie sÄ takie cechy charakteru maÅo zmienione, aczkolwiek nasz charakter ksztaÅtuje w sumie otoczenie, tak, czyli jest takie powiedzenie po polsku, znowu sypna powiedzeniem, z kim siÄ zadajesz, takim siÄ stajesz, tak. Czyli jeÅli masz kontakt z osobami, które sÄ dobre, zorganizowane, zdyscyplinowane, one ci trochÄ dajÄ to. I ty też tak jesteÅ. No, ale kiedy masz kontakt z osobami, które sÄ leniwe, bez motywacji, bez wizji, bez planów, no to ty też powoli stajesz siÄ takÄ osobÄ .
24:19 WiÄc, z kim siÄ zadajesz, takim siÄ stajesz. Trzeba uważnie dobieraÄ sobie towarzystwo. I tÄ moralnÄ pÅynÄ zakoÅczÄ dzisiaj, że sÄ tak razy. Tak, z kim siÄ zadajesz, takim siÄ stajesz. I pamiÄtajmy, żeby zadawaÄ siÄ z odpowiednim towarzystwem. because the bad community hurts. Okay, thank you, Roy. Thank you all for your attention, as always. And see you at some end, because it's not possible. Okay, bye-bye. Bye-bye. Thank you very much. And you can comment, because you are people who write comments. People write comments, yes, write comments, I'm going to read them.
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