{"id":3136,"date":"2013-03-08T02:10:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T10:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2013-03-10T15:26:51","modified_gmt":"2013-03-10T22:26:51","slug":"ug2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ten100tv.com\/?p=3136","title":{"rendered":"THE CONCEPT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The idea of natural born greatness is part of the fiber of our culture. \u00a0\u201cTalent<\/span><\/strong>\u201d is defined in the <\/span>Oxford English Dictionary<\/em> as \u201cmental or physical endowment; <\/span><\/span>natural\u00a0<\/strong>ability<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Near the end of his career, when Michael Jordan confided to Chicago Bulls Coach Phil Jackson his intention to retire, the coach responded with an unusual appeal\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/em>\u201cMichael,<\/em><\/span> pure genius is something very, very rare<\/strong><\/span> <\/em><\/span>and if you are blessed enough \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 to possess it, you want to think a long time before you walk away from using it.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But<\/span> where<\/span> does GREATNESS like that come from?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Imagine Eric Clapton playing the guitar,\u00a0Usain Bolt on the track or Banksy at an empty wall. \u00a0Like Jordan, they are all people who have achieved greatness in their specific fields.\u00a0 When they practice their art, they make it look so effortless.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Exceptional skill may look<\/em> effortless — the spectacular putt or pirouette — but getting there takes relentless dedication, years of practice and humility.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s<\/em><\/span> NOT<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/span>that I’m<\/em><\/span> so<\/strong> smart<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>,” Einstein once said. \u00a0“It’s just that I stay with problems longer.”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

THE MYTH OF GIFTEDNESS<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Although Usain Bolt looks like he is out for a nice Sunday jog, what he does is extremely difficult and hundreds of thousands of hours have gone into perfecting his craft.<\/span><\/p>\n

We all recognize the virtues of hard work but could any amount of effort transform the clunky motions of an Average Joe into the majestic swing of Tiger Woods or the gravity-defying leap of Michael Jordan? Could the ordinary brain ever expand enough to conjure the far-flung visions of Einstein or Matisse?<\/span><\/p>\n

Conventional wisdom says no, that some are simply born with certain gifts while others are not.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each episode of Understanding Greatness<\/strong> will prove that to be false and show both anecdotally and scientifically that greatness is inside all of us<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the last 3 decades, the field of expertise studies has examined high achievement from every possible angle. They studied golfers, nurses, typists, gymnasts, violinists, chess players, basketball players and computer programmers. \u00a0The breathtaking insight that\u2019s been revealed through in the work is this:<\/span> Talent is not a inherent gift<\/span><\/strong>; it\u2019s the result of a deliberate process that, up till now, has been nearly impossible to document.<\/span><\/p>\n

As long as this slow honing of skills went unseen and unarticulated, the mature skills themselves seemed almost magical.\u00a0 Now, researchers are making the invisible visible. They are showing how all abilities are based in process. They are exploding the myth of “giftedness.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Certainly, no one seems to have been born with more gifts than Michael Jordan, and yet those stunning talents were not evident in his childhood. \u00a0During his sophomore year of high school, after attending summer basketball camp with his friend Roy smith, Jordan didn\u2019t even make the varsity basketball squad. Smith did. So what changed?<\/span><\/p>\n

Jordan became a man possessed.<\/a><\/p>\n