Money and Finance
- Plateaus...
From The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills:A plateau happens when your brain achieves a level of automaticity; in other words, when you can perform a skill on autopilot, without conscious thought. Our brains love autopilot, because...
- What Drives Success? – By Amy Chua And Jed Rubenfeld
Link to article: What Drives Success?A SEEMINGLY un-American fact about America today is that for some groups, much more than others, upward mobility and the American dream are alive and well. It may be taboo to say it, but certain ethnic, religious and...
- Expert Enough Show Ep. 6 - 10,000 Hours Of Golf With Dan Mclaughlin
In this episode of The Expert Enough Show, Corbett Barr sits down with Dan McLaughlin of TheDanPlan.com to find out. Dan is testing the 10,000 hour rule by trying to become a professional golfer through 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. His goal...
- The Secret To Raising Smart Kids - By Carol S. Dweck
This article came back on my radar, so I thought I’d post it here since it doesn’t appear that I’ve posted it previously. A brilliant student, Jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned As. Jonathan...
- Which Traits Predict Success? (the Importance Of Grit) - By Jonah Lehrer
Found via Simoleon Sense.What are the causes of success? At first glance, the answer is easy: success is about talent. It’s about being able to do something – hit a baseball, play chess, trade stocks, write a blog – better than most anyone else....
Money and Finance
Rising Above I.Q.
Another great find from Miguel at Simoleon Sense.
In the mosaic of America, three groups that have been unusually successful are Asian-Americans, Jews and West Indian blacks — and in that there may be some lessons for the rest of us.
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These three groups may help debunk the myth of success as a simple product of intrinsic intellect, for they represent three different races and histories. In the debate over nature and nurture, they suggest the importance of improved nurture — which, from a public policy perspective, means a focus on education. Their success may also offer some lessons for you, me, our children — and for the broader effort to chip away at poverty in this country.
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In any case, he says, the evidence is overwhelming that what is distinctive about these three groups is not innate advantage but rather a tendency to get the most out of the firepower they have.
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Perhaps the larger lesson is a very empowering one: success depends less on intellectual endowment than on perseverance and drive. As Professor Nisbett puts it, “Intelligence and academic achievement are very much under people’s control.”
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Related previous post: What it takes to be great
Related books:
Intelligence and How to Get It: Why Schools and Cultures Count
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
Outliers: The Story of Success
Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
- Plateaus...
From The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills:A plateau happens when your brain achieves a level of automaticity; in other words, when you can perform a skill on autopilot, without conscious thought. Our brains love autopilot, because...
- What Drives Success? – By Amy Chua And Jed Rubenfeld
Link to article: What Drives Success?A SEEMINGLY un-American fact about America today is that for some groups, much more than others, upward mobility and the American dream are alive and well. It may be taboo to say it, but certain ethnic, religious and...
- Expert Enough Show Ep. 6 - 10,000 Hours Of Golf With Dan Mclaughlin
In this episode of The Expert Enough Show, Corbett Barr sits down with Dan McLaughlin of TheDanPlan.com to find out. Dan is testing the 10,000 hour rule by trying to become a professional golfer through 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. His goal...
- The Secret To Raising Smart Kids - By Carol S. Dweck
This article came back on my radar, so I thought I’d post it here since it doesn’t appear that I’ve posted it previously. A brilliant student, Jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned As. Jonathan...
- Which Traits Predict Success? (the Importance Of Grit) - By Jonah Lehrer
Found via Simoleon Sense.What are the causes of success? At first glance, the answer is easy: success is about talent. It’s about being able to do something – hit a baseball, play chess, trade stocks, write a blog – better than most anyone else....