Thursday, August 29, 2013

Moments of slow, fitful struggle

"When I started visiting talent hotbeds, I expected to be dazzled... those expectations were met and exceeded - about half the time... During the other half I witnessed something very different: moments of slow, fitful struggle,... They slammed to a halt; they stopped, looked, and thought carefully before taking each step. Making progress became a matter of small failures, a rhythmic pattern of botches, as well as something else: a shared facial expression. Their taut, intense squint..."

- "The talent code" by Daniel Coyle

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