HARD WORK IS WHAT MAKES TALENT SHINE The aim of this essay is to analyse what is more important: Talent or Hard work in order to succed. How do people become good in science, music or sports? Is it an innate gift or it is learnt? These questions have raised an intense controversy for a long time. Some peolple insist on decisive role of practise and work, others argue that talent and intelligence have a much more significant impact. First of all, talent is a the natural ability or capacity to perform a function, while hard work consists on practising to achieve a goal. on the other hand, it is undoubted that some of the best athletes, drawers or musicians have natural talent that help them to be better than most, but it is their hard work added to their talent which make them successful. On the other hand, Researches suggest that training and effort reduce the gap between talented and less talented individuals. Although hard work can not make talent less useful, talent becomes less useful when it is not perfected by hard work, in fact, what separates the best from the good is hard work, determination, discipline and perseverance. To sum up, talent and hard work must be mixed and linked because if talent and hard work go hand in hand, it provides better results.