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- How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Talent
Link to article: How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Talent The 8-year-old juggling a soccer ball and the 48-year-old jogging by, with Japanese lessons ringing from her earbuds, have something fundamental in common: At some level, both are wondering whether...
- Transcript Of David Tepper’s 2007 Presentation At Carnegie Mellon
From Santangel’s Review: David Tepper, manager of the highly successful hedge fund, Appaloosa Management, rarely speaks publicly. When he does, it is usually focused on the current market environment. However, in 2007, he gave a 1-hour presentation...
- Malcolm Gladwell: Complexity And The Ten-thousand-hour Rule
Forty years ago, in a paper in American Scientist, Herbert Simon and William Chase drew one of the most famous conclusions in the study of expertise:There are no instant experts in chess—certainly no instant masters or grandmasters. There appears not...
- 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....
- 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....These three groups...
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The Most Successful People Practice Better, Not More
Thanks to Barry for passing this along.
How long does it take to become elite at your craft? And what do the people who master their goals do differently than the rest of us?
That’s what John Hayes, a cognitive psychology professor at Carnegie Mellon University, wanted to know.
For decades, Hayes has been investigating the role of effort, practice, and knowledge in top performers. He has studied the most talented creators in history — people like Mozart and Picasso — to determine how long it took them to become world class at their craft. Furthermore, he has investigated the choices and experiences that have led to their success.
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- How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? Talent
Link to article: How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Talent The 8-year-old juggling a soccer ball and the 48-year-old jogging by, with Japanese lessons ringing from her earbuds, have something fundamental in common: At some level, both are wondering whether...
- Transcript Of David Tepper’s 2007 Presentation At Carnegie Mellon
From Santangel’s Review: David Tepper, manager of the highly successful hedge fund, Appaloosa Management, rarely speaks publicly. When he does, it is usually focused on the current market environment. However, in 2007, he gave a 1-hour presentation...
- Malcolm Gladwell: Complexity And The Ten-thousand-hour Rule
Forty years ago, in a paper in American Scientist, Herbert Simon and William Chase drew one of the most famous conclusions in the study of expertise:There are no instant experts in chess—certainly no instant masters or grandmasters. There appears not...
- 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....
- 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....These three groups...