http://www.ajaabney.com/james/2010/05/19/how-to-become-good-at-something/ On the Road to Fullness Sat, 25 Jun 2011 03:16:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.ajaabney.com/james/2010/05/19/how-to-become-good-at-something/comment-page-1/#comment-146 brad Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:20:17 +0000 http://www.ajaabney.com/james/2010/05/19/how-to-become-good-at-something/#comment-146 I've thought a lot about this since you mentioned it and I think it's right. I see it everyday in the classroom. We have students with natural intelligence and learning really is easier, or certainly performance of learning, but frankly 99.9% of what we do doesn't require that high level of intelligence. Someone in the 25th percentile for inborne aptitude can dominate with the right education and hard work. Outside of a few theorists in a corner of a few universities (and most of their work is unnecessary), anyone can do anything. There's a quote I heard a while back and I think it's very true: you can anything you want, but you can't do everything you want. Keep writing. Good stuff. I’ve thought a lot about this since you mentioned it and I think it’s right. I see it everyday in the classroom. We have students with natural intelligence and learning really is easier, or certainly performance of learning, but frankly 99.9% of what we do doesn’t require that high level of intelligence. Someone in the 25th percentile for inborne aptitude can dominate with the right education and hard work. Outside of a few theorists in a corner of a few universities (and most of their work is unnecessary), anyone can do anything. There’s a quote I heard a while back and I think it’s very true: you can anything you want, but you can’t do everything you want. Keep writing. Good stuff.

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