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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Are You Born Great Or Made Great

The authors of "Superfreakonomics" are making the same case the authors of "Outliers," "NurtureShock" and a ton of groundbreaking researchers are making: Talent and genius and IQ are over-rated, and good, old fashioned hard work and frequent practice, directed by someone who knows what they are doing, is the key to ultimate success, not the makeup of your genes at birth. If there is one message our kids need to hear -- constantly -- is this one.

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