It's no secret I really love Seth Godin's microblog and here's another one of his posts I liked so well I'm reposting:
Mitch Joel wrote an interesting blog post about talent earlier this month, Let's Face The Cold Hard Truth About Talent.
It's interesting because Mitch argues that the 10,000 hours rule, made famous by Malcom Gladwell's Outliers book, isn't true.
And I think Mitch may be right.
I knew so many girls who practiced water polo just as much as I did, who were just as dedicated, who wanted to be good just as much as I did. But you know what? They weren't as good as I was. How do you account for that?
It's talent. I have a gift for athletics, especially sports that require hand-eye coordination and not a whole lot of foot speed on land.
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