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Talent spotting versus talent developing

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Greg Ashman
May 06, 2025
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What is talent? We look at an individual who can do extraordinary things and we assume they are talented. They may well have some genetic predisposition that helps them to snowboard or add five-digit numbers in their head. If so, I suspect that gave them early success and this motivated them to complete the hard work that led to the state we now perceiv…

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