There are lessons in this talk that span three thousand years of civilisation, going back to the Ancient Greek concepts of excellence and the struggle ("agon" in Greek, whence the English "agony). It imparts truly valuable insight into the process of learning, of acquiring expertise and mastery, and it's worth its weight in gold because it is truly transformative in the most positive way. Yet this talk has been online for over six years, but has had only ~21k views and has just 290 upvotes. I... I can't help but see something very.... troubling... in the indifference to such priceless material. Only 21k views in 6 years and only upvotes from about 1% of them! But this content is valuable and relevant for everyone yet people are ignoring it, or the RU-vid algorithm burying it. Either way, it is a really disturbing indication of the extent to which the contemporary age is indifferent to expertise and mastery. Meanwhile, Laura, I thank you, and I pay homage and tribute to you for this wonderful presentation, and the lovely and refined way in which you executed it.
Wow! I couldn't stop watching your lovely lace shawl. Also the inherit courage in being uncomfortable with failure as you learn something new. Pretty powerful.
Great talk! It made me think about my job and my training as an occupational therapist. I have counted my internship hours and job hours as a licensed occupational therapist. For sure, it took 10,000 or so hours for me to feel confident about my skills in my job.
People who have the talent will have the temperament to practice without end because they know what they can achieve. The practice will not endow you with the talent.
I love it! She chose knitting because she knew nothing about it. I did the same with singing! I play guitar and sing. I started late. I don´t strive for mastery. Just excellence. I think that is good enough. I do not believe in ´´mastery.´´ I accept the fact that it may take a long time - time I am willing to spend.
The problem with the theory is that it does not explain that some individuals have a latent talent, and what Ericsson described is applicable to the development of that latent talent. You cannot just take any random person, and develop expert knowledge, although they can develop some knowledge.
Interesting that they revived the Ted Mack Amateur Hour, but the old shows from the 50s were WAY better than these new ones. All they do on these new shows is talk, talk, talk. On Ted's original show they had singing, dancing, instrumental music, magicians, juggling, and a host of other entertainments. I don't think this revival is going to last.
