anti-self-help - the certain path to success
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Anti-Self-Help
Geoff McDonald @BookRapper BookRapper.com
The Books
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One Author...
Malcolm Gladwell
Another Author...
Geoff Colvin
The BIG Idea
Talent ≠ Success
Speed RAP
Personal Social
Your Challenge : Are you up for it?
Top Performer
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No shortcut
The Talent Myth
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Our notions of talent are distorted
Personal Social
Personal qualities matter
Personal SocialTalent
PassionEffort
Social context matters too!
Personal SocialTalent
PassionEffort
Hidden Advantages
Extraordinary Opportunities
Cultural Legacies
10,000 Hours
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Had played an estimated 1200 shows by 1964
The Beatles
How much practice have you done?
Stars, Good, Unlikely
Wolfgang and Tiger
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Separating fantasy from fact
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Acknowledges his success is due to practice
Tiger Woods
Hidden Advantages
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How to become a NHL player
Ice Hockey Success
Are Asians naturally better at maths?
Asians and Maths
Extraordinary Opportunity
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What’s important about these dates?
Being an Entrepreneur
1831-18401953-1956
Why Bill dropped out of Harvard
Bill Gates
Cultural Legacy
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Who are you from?
Herdsman
Who are you from?
Farmer
Who are you from?
Rice Grower
Deliberate Practice
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Six Qualities of Specific Training and Skill Development
Deliberate Practice
Deliberate Practice Examples
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How to Become a Great Writer
Benjamin Franklin
How to Develop Your Business Acumen
Case Study Method
What do you practice? How do you practice?
Different.
More...
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Your success is based on your qualities and your social context
You and Others
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Also... Book Rapper Issue : Glopportunity
Success does not occur in a vacuum
Nobody does it alone
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