Money and Finance
A big thanks to Will for passing this along!
Link
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Genius: The Modern View - By David Brooks
A big thanks to Miguel for passing this article along, as it applies to a subject that I am very interested in. Some people live in romantic ages. They tend to believe that genius is the product of a divine spark. They believe that there have been, throughout...
Money and Finance
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 Lehrer
What it takes to be great
Related papers:
“The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance”
“Deliberate Practice Spells Success: Why Grittier Competitors Triumph at the National Spelling Bee”
Related books:
Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
Outliers: The Story of Success
....................
Malcolm Gladwell's definition of talent (from this interview):
“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.”
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Genius: The Modern View - By David Brooks
A big thanks to Miguel for passing this article along, as it applies to a subject that I am very interested in. Some people live in romantic ages. They tend to believe that genius is the product of a divine spark. They believe that there have been, throughout...