tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866951365200962990.post4773560251112286148..comments2024-02-24T09:10:07.692+00:00Comments on begin to dig: Talent = opportunity + deliberate practice and lots of both: a review of 4 books riffing on K. Anders Ericcson's researchdr. m.c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06946429548291747143noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866951365200962990.post-65249874813295266082011-03-12T11:29:25.841+00:002011-03-12T11:29:25.841+00:00Jake,
i'm still not sure what your point is. ...Jake, <br />i'm still not sure what your point is. Sorry.<br /><br />THe point of this post has been to say that there's at least some consensus in the research that the notion of talent may be misconstructed and often misapplied: where many people are often labelled as "talented" when they succeed rather than getting the hours they've put in in the right enviornment. <br />dr. m.c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06946429548291747143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866951365200962990.post-72947993879254997352011-03-09T14:38:08.780+00:002011-03-09T14:38:08.780+00:00I consider talent to include emotional skills as w...I consider talent to include emotional skills as well as intellectual skills. <br /><br />Gates only passion was that he wanted to make billions. I made my fortune in the same industry as Gates did. I just caught a different wave. My only passion was that I did not want to fail.<br /><br />A better book on this subject is "The Black Swan" by Taleb.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208548778259311459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866951365200962990.post-52177112162202294072011-03-09T12:13:06.999+00:002011-03-09T12:13:06.999+00:00Thanks Yusuf.
Jake,
i'm not sure i'm foll...Thanks Yusuf.<br /><br />Jake,<br />i'm not sure i'm following you.<br /> <br /><br />One of the key things about folks who excel is that they connect their hours to stuff they are passionate about. They put the overtime into things they love. <br /><br />Another thing - and gladwell's text's value is clarifying this: is being in the right place at the right time for that passion dr. m.c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06946429548291747143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866951365200962990.post-72947813488591797612011-03-08T13:42:12.238+00:002011-03-08T13:42:12.238+00:00What Gladwell does not have the insight to see, is...What Gladwell does not have the insight to see, is that talented people can succeed at many things.<br /><br />Bill Gates had success with computers not because he is good at technology (and he isn't) he is great at managing technology. Luck got him into computer operating systems, but there are 100 other ways he could have become a billionaire.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208548778259311459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6866951365200962990.post-29672656588881613772011-03-07T19:14:24.507+00:002011-03-07T19:14:24.507+00:00Excellent overview of each of these works. Saves m...Excellent overview of each of these works. Saves me from reading them all! Grateful for that. <br /><br />What I like about the points of Gladwell and Bounce is that it should make us humble and eliminate the self made myth. At the same time, credit needs to be given to those who make the most of their opps. All of us have access to a doorway which can then lead to another doorway which can then Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05013451599851567995noreply@blogger.com