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May 26th, 2008

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Power of Deliberate Practice

May 6, 2008

Power of Deliberate Practice

Link Via Micro Persuasion

Link Via Secrets of Greatness

Excerpt

Certainly some important traits are partly inherited, such as physical size and particular measures of intelligence, but those influence what a person doesn't do more than what he does; a five-footer will never be an NFL lineman, and a seven-footer will never be an Olympic gymnast. Even those restrictions are less severe than you'd expect: Ericsson notes, "Some international chess masters have IQs in the 90s." The more research that's done, the more solid the deliberate-practice model becomes.

These are great articles for the children to read.I want my 14 year old to read this and stop saying -- "I am not good at it".

Talk about razor sharp wit...

May 5th, 2008

Here are couple of razor sharp wits from Winston Churchill and Oscar Wilde...

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go," says Oscar Wilde.

George Bernard Shaw wrote to Winston Churchill, "I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend....if you have one." And Churchill wrote back, "Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second......if there is one"

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