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August 24, 2010, 07:50:30 PM
QuoteWell meta-research has shown that 10,000 hours doing something is the magic number that separates the good from the expert, talent has little to do with it. Okay I'm never going to be a ballet dancer but if I were nominally the right shape then effort trumps initial talent.

True. I have most likely read the same or similar studies. I have never put much stock in the idea of "talent", myself. I have found hard work and determination to be much more reliable. That's what I tell pan flute novices: "The only secret to the pan flute is three words - practice, practice, practice."
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An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" "No," said the priest, "not if you did not know." "Then why," asked the Inuit earnestly, "did you tell me?"  ~Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

Tank

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August 24, 2010, 08:02:49 PM
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Quote from: "Tank"but if I were nominally the right shape.
Yeah. I can relate to that. Feel like a donut this past year.  :eek:
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Asmodean

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August 24, 2010, 08:23:27 PM
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Quote from: "Tank"but if I were nominally the right shape.
Yeah. I can relate to that. Feel like a donut this past year.  :eek:
Yup.  :eek2: That and wrinkled sides.
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August 25, 2010, 12:21:58 AM
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QuoteWell meta-research has shown that 10,000 hours doing something is the magic number that separates the good from the expert, talent has little to do with it. Okay I'm never going to be a ballet dancer but if I were nominally the right shape then effort trumps initial talent.

True. I have most likely read the same or similar studies. I have never put much stock in the idea of "talent", myself. I have found hard work and determination to be much more reliable. That's what I tell pan flute novices: "The only secret to the pan flute is three words - practice, practice, practice."

Yep.  And hiyas.
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