Saying: “Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard”

Context: Coming from an immigrant family, he learned this from his parents who believed that no matter how much work he puts there will be output. As long as you are dedicated and you put hard work into something, you can make a tangible impact and achieve what you want. As an acting major in LA, this has been a big part of his life and he wasn’t a kid actor who made it into Hollywood. Rather than starting in high school and acting in plays at this production level, he saw this hard work pay off when he got into the USC School of Dramatic Arts.  Furthermore, he saw this come into play when he got into the Business Technology Group as a non-finance background major. Beating out kids with backgrounds in finance, or strong connections to executive board members of the club he put time into casing and breaking down parts of the application process.

Analysis: Being brought up with Indian parents myself, I find myself in a similar situation to him, as our parents both fought off systematic racism to make their place in the country. As such, I also find it interesting how culturally this saying has been generationally modified because as we have parents and parental figures who bear down us to become doctors or engineers, this has changed in the fact that he is pursuing a non-traditional career and is seen as one that is hard to break into. For background, in Bollywood, those who make it into this career are those who come from money or have connections, so the fact that he has been able to suppress that and continue this idea in his unpaved path is truly eye-opening.