I'm not knocking talent as a gift, but I think that the key here is that your natural-born mental & physical abilities are the gift - the talent is a result of hard work Just because you have the natural ability to do something doesn't mean that you don't have to work hard every day to turn it into something really special. Check out this 8-year-old Guitarist on Youtube and see if those principles apply - personal motivation, regular practice, and good training: I actually got the audiobook on iTunes, I'd definitely recommend it if you want to learn more - the author has some really good concepts inside. It's a bit of a different perspective on "talent", but I like it - it explains a lot. She had Master Coaching - her musical family, her concert-pianist Grandma, and the world's leading teacher in child musicians. She WANTED to practice, and she DID practice. She had "Deep Practice" - she constantly practiced (the correct way) on a daily basis. We read Engadget, we read Dailytech - we're personally interested and motivated, and over time we get GOOD at it!Ģ. For most of us here on ATOT, for whatever reason we got into computers and they just really do it for us.
She had "Ignition" - for whatever reason, she really wanted to learn to play the piano. So, based on the ideas behind The Talent Code:ġ. The neat thing here is just that she did it at a young age, and that she had the focus to do it and had a family environment that helped her grow. If anyone practiced at something for 4 years under the best teacher in the world, and had the ability to do so (to keep time, etc.), then you can't HELP but get better. So, she started at 2 - with the interest and ability to pursue it - and trained for 4 years under the best teacher in the world, in an encouraging environment at home. Her parents got her a piano, sheet music, and made sure she played every day. Eventually they took the little girl to the world's expert in child music teaching and she studied under him. Grandma was a concert pianist who trained kids who had the abilities & interest to pursue music at a young age.
For some background, her whole family is musical - her older brother and sister play the guitar and harp. So she had the natural mental and physical ability to do that at a very young age. I found out that this girl, Emily Bear, had perfect pitch when she was just 1 years old - she would sing lullabies and nail it. Master Coaching (having a knowledgable expert to guide you through) Deep Practice (a special type of practice - the *right* kind of practice, not just being repetitive)ģ. Ignition (intense motivation, whatever it is that sparked your interest - like in computers)Ģ.
The author said that a talent is grown through 3 things:ġ. She had the ability to focus at a much younger age than most of us She had the mental ability to follow music that young, andĢ. The concept that applies here is that the little girl was able to do 2 things very well at a young age:ġ. For example, Lance Armstrong's heart is 30% larger than the average human heart, so I will NEVER be able to keep up with him physically in a bike race, no matter how much training I do. The thing he's missing is natural-born abilities: mental and physical abilities. I don't agree with it 100%, but the author does have a pretty good explanation.
#4 yr old piano prodigy code#
The idea behind The Talent Code is that talent is developed, not a gift. I remember seeing this girl play piano on Ellen when I was flipping around channels, so I looked her up online to find out if the ideas behind "The Talent Code" really applied.
The author talks about child prodigies in one section. I read an interesting book recently called "The Talent Code":
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