27 September 2006

Dad always said to use elbow-grease (I never knew where to buy it)

It’s official*. Genius isn’t born – it’s created through a synthesis of encouragement, mentoring and hard yakka. No longer can some of us slack off in the pure knowledge that we were not born smart.

How anyone, in this modern world, would be able to find the time and quiet to practice anything enough to achieve excellence, is the big question.

*New Scientist 16 Sept 06

The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance

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