That Mozart was talented is not worthy of discussion, but Mozart's talent is apparently easily reproducible in other people. Jeroen de Flander, a lecturer at TIAS Business School, explains that talent is manufacturable and how you can do that.
Jeroen wrote the book "The Science of Success," in which he describes how Mozart's talent proved easy to reproduce. "We need to start looking at talent in a different way," he explains. We know talent as an innate quality for which you didn't have to do anything, a gift. Yet, according to Jeroen, it is different: "only 5% is innate, the other 95% percent you achieve by using three levers."
What makes your heart beat faster?
The first lever is called "the engine," which plays on passion and meaning. Jeroen explains that passion is the key to turning on the engine in people. He also explains how to find out what passion actually is and how to discover your passion. The core of passion is interest; it is very easy to find out what your interest is. Just take a test on the Internet (see show notes). In the podcast Jeroen discusses what you can do to turn interest into success.
Practice, practice, practice....
When you have responded to people's interest, it is time for the next lever: each step in a learning process requires a different way of practicing. "We practice mainly at the level we are at today, but with that you develop yourself very little," Jeroen explains that you have to put down a training program of a level that is slightly too difficult. Finding this level is essential for organizations to develop their employees.
Optimism as an indicator of success
The final lever revolves around setbacks, how does a person deal with a setback. Optimism appears to be a key indicator of success, but even that optimism is malleable. Listen to the podcast to find out how.
Links
The book "The Science of Success.
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