is talent a myth?. four key messages hard work purposeful practice opportunity outstanding...
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Is talent a myth?
Four key messages
Hard work
Purposeful practice
Opportunity
Outstanding support
David Beckham
Thousands of hours of hard work
Top class coaching
Praised for effort not ‘brilliance’
Learnt how to deal with failure
Bill Gates
Went to Lakeside School
Lived near University of Washington
Spent thousands of hours working on computer programming
Mozart
Child prodigy?
Writing music at the age of 6 (perhaps by his father and it wasn’t all original)
Best piece of work at the age of 21 (Hard work and purposeful practice)
Michael Jordan
Possibly the best basketball player of all time
Dropped by his college coach!
Over 10,000 hours of purposeful practice by the age of 18
Outstanding coaches / teachers
Serena Williams
One of the best female tennis players
Over 10,000 hours of purposeful practice by the age of 18
Outstanding coaches / teachers. One being her father
Why are African long distance runners so successful?
Four key messages
Hard work
Purposeful practice
Opportunity
Outstanding support
Matthew Syed
Number 1 in the UK
Represented England in various competitions around the world
Over 10,000 hours of purposeful practice
Outstanding coaches
Average ability during his youth
Matthew Syed
YEAR 11
High achieving students A* / A
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High achieving students in Year 7
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