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Hmm... I was going to use wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practice_(learning_method)#Deliberate_practice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practice_(learning

Hmm... I was going to use wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practice_(learning_method)#Deliberate_practice http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practice_(learning_method)#Deli...) to show you why you're wrong, but then I found this: Two recent articles in Current Directions in Psychological Science criticize deliberate practice and argue that, while it is necessary for reaching high levels of performance, it is not sufficient, other factors such as talent being important as well. So maybe the "just practice more" attitude is an oversimplification. But still, I think if you were really stupid or whatever, you wouldn't have been able to write such a good comment. The "beaten by your parents" thing makes me think of learned helplessness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learned_helplessness

thewarrior 14y ago
I found the source : http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/deliberate-practice-necessary-but-not-sufficient.html http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/...
SiVal 14y ago
sown, please jump to that Wikipedia article and look at Seligman's publications (at the bottom). You MUST read his book "The Optimistic Child", which you can probably get from your local library. The wording of your posts comes right off the pages of that book, and you're old enough and smart enough now to consider the phenomena described in his research and put it to good use. I think your primary need is to be more comfortable in your own skin. That book talks about how. After that, you'll still fail at some things---like the rest of us---but it won't hurt so much. Then, because quitting won't have so much meaning to you, it will be easier for you to give up on something that isn't going anywhere which, ironically, is crucial to eventual success.

thewarrior 14y ago

I found the source : http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/deliberate-practice-necessary-but-not-sufficient.html http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/...

SiVal 14y ago

sown, please jump to that Wikipedia article and look at Seligman's publications (at the bottom). You MUST read his book "The Optimistic Child", which you can probably get from your local library. The wording of your posts comes right off the pages of that book, and you're old enough and smart enough now to consider the phenomena described in his research and put it to good use. I think your primary need is to be more comfortable in your own skin. That book talks about how. After that, you'll still fail at some things---like the rest of us---but it won't hurt so much. Then, because quitting won't have so much meaning to you, it will be easier for you to give up on something that isn't going anywhere which, ironically, is crucial to eventual success.