[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Persistence]] - People: [[Angela Lee Duckworth]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAK5wMzRXAI --- ## Summary - [[Talent counts, but effort counts twice.]] - [[It's effort applied to skill that creates human achievement]]. - [[It's not about talent. It's all about follow through.]] - [[Excellence demands effort and planned, deliberate practice of increasing difficulty.]] ## Notes ### Effort counts twice - [[Talent counts, but effort counts twice.]] - No matter how talented you are, you have to multiply that talent by hours of effort to actually gain skill. - [[Natural talent is highly over-rated. It's determination, determination, determination.]] - [[Exceptional results requires exceptional effort]]. - [[It's effort applied to skill that creates human achievement]]. - [[I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times]]. ### Talent - Talent gives you a head start. It's effort that will determine if you finish. - Talent does not necessarily equal passion. Talent does not necessarily equal hard-work. Talent does not necessarily equal resilience. - Talent without application is wasted talent. - [[It's not about talent. It's all about follow through.]] ### Practice - [[Excellence demands effort and planned, deliberate practice of increasing difficulty.]] - [[It's not about the quantity of practice, but the quality of practice.]] - [[Practice without intentionality results in mediocrity]]. - [[Exhaustive effort isn't required for success. Efficient effort is.]] - [[I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times]]. - [[It is the nature of human nature that we lose the skills we have acquired when we're not practicing.]]