In a gym, for example, a man might have trained for 7 months to bench 150 pounds, while another man, who comes to the gym for the very first time, comes and also puts up 150 pounds. The man who failed to complete 150 jumps on that first attempt had less skill than the man who first entered and succeeded on his first attempt. This is not to say that if a person does not have a certain skill from the start, they will never achieve it. This just means that people will have to do a little more work to reach this level of proficiency. Another example concerns reading. Some will be able to read an entire book in a single day, while others will need to read over and over repetitively to get close to being able to read an entire book in a day. Skills are not just something people are born with, but something people could also