I tell u, this designer shit is tiring, u really gotta have the passion for it.
I think passion is more important than anything, cause , seriously, you can learn to do anything, as in anything, even things which people say cant be learnt, like drawing and stuff. I seriously think any one can learn to do it, you wont be the best, but u'll definitely not be the worse.
BUT, if you don't have the passion to actually do it, you can't. You might have the talent, you can just draw, I can just draw, my drawings turn out better than the average person, but its just the average person, I think I could be good, but I don't always feel like drawing. So no passion there. But some times yah.
If u watched Centerstage you'll understand this better. There was this dancer, she was perfect, she had perfect every thing, body, technique, everything was right, but she didn't have the heart, ( this is not corny shit , its true). Dancing was physically easy for her, but somewhere inside her it was torture. She forced herself to do it. And eventually she couldn't take it.
On the other hand , there's this other girl, bad feet wrong, body, dancing physically difficult for her, near impossible that she'll ever be a technically strong dancer. But she did it anyway, because she wanted to, and she could cause the "want" always kept her going.
This design shit is so like that. Most things in life are like that. So yah ("_). This can make you really happy or sad. So I guess passion can develop, who knows one day I might like this writing shit, or feel lost with out being able to design. You never know.