People hire you because you have some kind of unique voice, but you really have to work through a lot of music before that voice starts to emerge. ~ Jason Graves
Work on your strengths not your weaknesses. You might improve your weak spots to become average or better but if you work really hard on your strengths you can become a master!
The biggest tip I can offer is to try to learn as much as you can, and to not be discouraged. To use a gamer metaphor, you can’t beat the game if you rage quit. Talent is important, and passion is crucial, but I think that persistence is really the key to success. ~ Winifred Philips
If you can discover what it is that you really love, and then put your soul into doing that as best as you can, to me that is the seed of real success.