“Landing on your butt twenty thousand times is where great performance comes from.”
― Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
― Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
“A study of figure skaters found that sub-elite skaters spent lots of time working on the jumps they could already do, while skaters at the highest levels spent more time on the jumps they couldn’t do, the kind that ultimately win Olympic medals and that involve lots of falling down before they’re mastered.”
― Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
― Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else
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