Professions where not marks, but pure talent is what matters

Have you seen the recent Horlicks ad where it is said come above a world which wants the kids to be a class topper?

It's a marketing initiative, but the value of the message cannot be taken away from it.

It's time to stop laying the stress on marks when we know that school scorecard is not the perfect assessment of a child's capabilities. It's time thus to focus on what they are talented in and groom them in their areas of excellence than to shove them in a particular stream and make their lives hell.

Here are 6 professions that are driven not by academic excellence, but stunning talent. No 90/100s can get you to become one of these, pure talent can. So if you have it in you, do not give it up: