Make sure to tell this to your kids!
The results from the chess study provide a crucial insight into the interplay between talent and practice in the development of various skills. While people with certain innate characteristics -IQ, in the case of chess study - may have an advantage when first learning a skill, that advantage gets smaller over time, and eventually the amount and quality of practice take on a much larger role in determining how skilled a person becomes.
Anders Eriksson
Stop and digest that for a moment: among these young, elite chess players, not only was a higher IQ no advantage, but it seemed to put them at a slight disadvantage. The reason, the researchers found, was that elite players with lower IQ tended to practice more, which improved their chess game to the point they played better than the high-IQ elite players.
Anders Eriksson
Peak by Anders Eriksson is a must read book. He proves without fault that Talent/intelligence etc... help anyone in the first steps in any new venture or activity. The smart kid learns faster but after a bit the person who works more, practice more & better not only equals but normally surpasses the talented one. This is why it's difficult to predict who is going to do well in life, there is no innate characteristic that is a sign of success. IQ for chess predicts who will do well in the first steps of chess, the smarter person grasps the game faster but then stops . The slow one starts heavy & slow but soon surpasses , yes surpasses the smart one that thinks he/she is smart. In one big study of super elite Chess players their IQ is no higher than a normal average person that is not a grandmaster! Amazing.
Yes everything is possible but you have to work pass the initial impression that you are not good at something , don't ever give up. The way you perform in the beginning has nothing to do with what happens in the end.
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