Well, here is a little secret about gifts. There are two kinds. First, there is the innate gift of a given skill. This is the minor gift […]

You can do it easily, almost without thinking. But you don’t necessarily enjoy doing it. There are millions of people with minor gifts of all kinds, who, though skilled, never do anything great with their gifted skill, and this is because they lack the major gift […]

If you have the major gift, the love of designing games, you will design games using whatever limited skills you have.

And you will keep doing it.

And your love for the work will shine through, infusing your work with an indescribable glow that only comes from the love of doing it […]

And people will say, “Wow. That one is a truly gifted game designer. ”

They will think you have the minor gift, of course, but only you will know the secret source of your skill, which is the major gift:

love of the work.
“The Art of Game Design” Jesse Schell