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“Things that appear to be obstacles turn out to be desirable in the long haul,” Bjork said. “One real encounter, even for a few seconds, is far more useful than several hundred observations.”
“Struggle is not an option: it's a biological requirement.”
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
“You will become clever through your mistakes. —German proverb”
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
“repetition. “Don't look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That's the only way it happens—and when it happens, it lasts,” he wrote in The Wisdom of Wooden.”
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
“Carol Dweck, the psychologist who studies motivation, likes to say that all the world's parenting advice can be distilled to two simple rules: pay attention to what your children are fascinated by, and praise them for their effort.”
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
“Although talent feels and looks predestined, in fact we have a good deal of control over what skills we develop, and we have more potential than we might ever presume to guess.”
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
― The Talent Code: Unlocking the Secret of Skill in Sports, Art, Music, Math, and Just About Everything Else
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