tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post7122036366419665056..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: On GeniusYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-38783653860055759342009-05-04T21:19:00.000+03:002009-05-04T21:19:00.000+03:00Here is a very relevant article from the same jour...Here is a very relevant article from the same journalist: Malcolm Gladwell writes about insurgent strategies<br /><br />http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/11/090511fa_fact_gladwell?printable=truerashkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11957522977917798197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-51308468826537855142009-05-04T20:07:00.000+03:002009-05-04T20:07:00.000+03:00You might be interested in this:
http://www.guard...You might be interested in this:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/nov/15/malcolm-gladwell-outliers-extract<br /><br />but then again I've spent hundreds of hours blogging and I'm still not Instapundit, so I guess that talent has to play a role too!Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-89028669828972396292009-05-04T18:50:00.000+03:002009-05-04T18:50:00.000+03:00It also depends on the quality of instruction. Te...It also depends on the quality of instruction. Ten thousand hours to become a violin or piano prodigy - okay. But only with the proper level of teaching. <br /><br />As an amateur musician, I find it is possible to practice hours on end and accomplish very little if you don't have specific goals and an understanding of how to reach those goals. Musicians who received poor instruction as children have to spend considerable time UNLEARNING the bad habits they spent hundreds of hours acquiring.<br /><br />The music prodigies of the world had great teachers and involved parents who started them very young. To this was added the ten thousand hours of productive practice, and of course innate talent.<br /><br />LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-61525671965540090372009-05-03T12:07:00.000+03:002009-05-03T12:07:00.000+03:00it's not who you are, it's what you make of who yo...it's not who you are, it's what you make of who you are<br /><br />thank you for that - <br />by the way there once was a Russian-French-British-Israeli physicist by the name of Moshe Feldenkrais who taught how to make best use of "who you are". As unfortunately he went via the body to teach how to learn in general so now he is more and more hijacked by the relaxation/wellness crowd - which is a shame because he said some very unflattering things about the concept of relaxation is good in itself (what would happen to your lower jaw?)<br />rgds,<br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com