Deliberate Practice is Overrated (Sorry, Malcolm Gladwell)
I’ve never been a big fan of either grit or deliberate practice. Of course, they make intuitive sense and have a lot of appeal because they send the message that if we do the right things, anyone can be a champion. Unfortunately, as I describe in my Prime Performance System (and those are just the psychological […]
Read MoreIs ‘Grit’ Overrated?
Here’s a great read from a leading parenting expert Alfie Kohn that contradicts the convention wisdom about so-called grit, a concept developed by Angela Duckworth that has been getting a lot of attention lately in parenting and education circles.
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