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I don’t agree with everything in this article. While I do agree that the nature part of ‘nature + nurture’ does need some minimum level, I think nurture is much more important than I think this article implies, and am more in line with most of what...
- The Physical Genius - By Malcolm Gladwell
Great find by Farnam Street. This article was from 1999, but once again reminds me of Gladwell's definition of talent about a decade later: “Talent is the desire to practice. Right? It is that you love something so much that you are willing to make...
- The Dan Plan: Testing 10,000 Hours To Expert Performance
A big thanks to Will for passing this along! Link .......... Site: The Dan Plan .................... Related previous posts:The truth about grit - By Jonah LehrerWhat it takes to be greatRelated papers:“The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition...
- Most Highlighted Kindle Passages From Gladwell's Outliers
Currently the most highlighted Kindle passages from Outliers: The Story of Success, By Malcolm Gladwell. For other books, go HERE. Success is the result of what sociologists like to call “accumulative advantage.”Highlighted by 1659 Kindle usersAchievement...
- Talent: A Difference That Makes A Difference - By Greg Downey
Thank you Miguel for finding this! Malcolm Gladwell’s thoughts on this topic in his book Outliers are interesting as well. Here’s a quote from Gladwell on talent that may be a useful one to review before reading this article: “Talent is the desire...
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Talent...
My friend Shane over at Farnam Street posted an interesting interview excerpt with a quote by Kirby Ferguson about talent that I thought was interesting, and that matched well with a Malcolm Gladwell quote I had posted previously. Both quotes are below.
Kirby Ferguson:
I wish the earlier me understood work and practice more. Just the repeated concerted effort to get better at things. I wish I didn’t have the notions of talent and genius I had back then. I thought, “Oh, these other people, they just have something that I don’t have.” When really, they are just people who work more.
I wish I understood work. Work is the key to anything you want to do. If you want to play the guitar—anybody can learn to play the fucking guitar—you can be good at it. Maybe you won’t get to be a genius but you could be good.
You can be good enough to write good songs or make a good film or whatever. There’s no such thing as not having enough talent to get to that level. I mean, persistence is talent, really. Just sticking with it. Talent is not stopping.
Malcolm Gladwell:
Talent is the desire to practice. Right? It is that you love something so much that you are willing to make an enormous sacrifice and an enormous commitment to that, whatever it is -- task, game, sport, what have you.
- Why The 10,000-hours Rule Can’t Make You Warren Buffett
I don’t agree with everything in this article. While I do agree that the nature part of ‘nature + nurture’ does need some minimum level, I think nurture is much more important than I think this article implies, and am more in line with most of what...
- The Physical Genius - By Malcolm Gladwell
Great find by Farnam Street. This article was from 1999, but once again reminds me of Gladwell's definition of talent about a decade later: “Talent is the desire to practice. Right? It is that you love something so much that you are willing to make...
- The Dan Plan: Testing 10,000 Hours To Expert Performance
A big thanks to Will for passing this along! Link .......... Site: The Dan Plan .................... Related previous posts:The truth about grit - By Jonah LehrerWhat it takes to be greatRelated papers:“The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition...
- Most Highlighted Kindle Passages From Gladwell's Outliers
Currently the most highlighted Kindle passages from Outliers: The Story of Success, By Malcolm Gladwell. For other books, go HERE. Success is the result of what sociologists like to call “accumulative advantage.”Highlighted by 1659 Kindle usersAchievement...
- Talent: A Difference That Makes A Difference - By Greg Downey
Thank you Miguel for finding this! Malcolm Gladwell’s thoughts on this topic in his book Outliers are interesting as well. Here’s a quote from Gladwell on talent that may be a useful one to review before reading this article: “Talent is the desire...