On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Viktor Mastoridis <viktor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Nice topic:-) > > to me, a talent is a gift, something (an ability?) )that a person has in > one's genes. > > you can develop the talent through work and become a craftsman. > > You can become a craftsman without a talent > > Thus, craftsmanship is not a talent, a gift - it's something that we achieve > with our will and through effort. > > you can't develop a talent if you don't possess it. > > They say: 5% talent, 95% work. 1) most of us don't know what are talents are 2) "genius is 90% perspiration, 10% inspiration" 3) some recent estimates are that it takes about 10,000 hours (*) of just about anything to master it. this is said to be independent of "talent". 4) if you think you can become a craftsman through will and effort alone, you probably haven't tried to become a craftsman in anything that you lack talent for. (*) thats about 5-6 years, working 40hrs a week on a discipline _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
