The Sh*t They Never Taught You: What You Can Learn From Books

by Adam Ashton

"Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good." Inspired by: Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell

Applying effort to your talents gives you skills, then more effort is required to turn those skills into achievements. Without applied effort, that natural talent is meaningless.

Both Jonesy and I (Ashto) score terrifyingly low on the Grit Assessment1. There is a 10-part quiz that asks you questions like: “do new ideas and projects distract you from previous ones?” and “do setbacks discourage you - do you give up easily?”

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