In a gym, for example, a man might have trained for 7 months to reach a 150 pound bench press, while another man, who joined the gym for the first time , comes and also benches 150 pounds. The man who was unable to make 150 boundaries in the dugout in the first attempt had less skill than the man who came in for the first time and managed it in the first attempt. This does not mean that if a person does not possess a certain skill from the beginning, he will never achieve it. It just means that people will have to work a little harder to reach that skill level. Another example is reading. Some will be able to read an entire book in a single day, while others will have to continue reading over and over to get close to being able to read an entire book in a day. Skills are not just something people are born with, but also something people might have
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