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Ericsson's main point is that talent isn't as important as a lot of people, including other experts in the field, think. What matters is identifying your weakne
by sorenjan 4y ago
Ericsson's main point is that talent isn't as important as a lot of people, including other experts in the field, think. What matters is identifying your weaknesses and training specifically to improve those, often with the help of a coach. Just doing something for a long time doesn't necessarily make you great at it.
- watwut 4y agoThen again, weakness of that argument is that all people in the study qualify as talented.
- Retric 4y agoThat falls into the same trap of ignoring all the time perfecting prerequisite skills. An Olympic marathon runner needed to get good at balancing before they could learn to walk, and then very good at walking etc.