On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 09:42:04AM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > 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 That number matches my experience exactly. I've changed careers several times now (by age 43), and indeed it generally takes me about 5 years to obtain competence at anything. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
