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Talent is Overrated:
…continued deliberate practice enables top performers to maintain skills that would otherwise decline with age…
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Talent is Overrated:
Just as improved methods of practice have raised standards of performance in virtually every field over time, they are also enabling top performers to continue achieving at high levels for more years than previously thought possible.
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We can also train our mental abilities far later in life than previously believed.
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Talent is Overrated:
Eventually, of course, everyone’s performance declines. Even the most diligent deliberate practice cannot fend off the advancing years forever.
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Talent is Overrated:
…deliberate practice is hard. It’s so hard that no one can do it without the benefit of passion, a truly extraordinary drive.
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Talent is Overrated:
It seems plausible that the role of practice in producing the highly enjoyable flow state could be part of [passion].
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Talent is Overrated:
In some fields… fascination with the available problems seems to drive excellent performers.
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Talent is Overrated:
…intrinsic drive is by far the most powerful.
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Talent is Overrated:
…studies show that virtually any external attempt to constrain or control the work results in less creativity.
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Talent is Overrated:
…extrinsic motivation that’s controlling is still detrimental to creativity, but extrinsic motivators that reinforce intrinsic drives can be highly effective.
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