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| 74879b1 | Studies of people with extraordinary abilities, like Ted Williams, have given rise to what Swedish psychologist Dr. K Anders Ericsson called the "10,000 hour" rule. The rule's premise is that, regardless of whether one has an innate aptitude for an activity or not, mastery of it takes around ten thousand hours of focused, intentional practice. Analyzing the lives of geniuses in a wide range of intellectual, artistic, and athletic pursuits c.. | Sean Patrick | ||
| c99acd5 | If you want to learn about one of history's greatest military commanders and uncover some of his secrets of drive--drive that enabled him and his small army to first subdue all of Greece and then the mighty Persian Empire--then you want to read this book. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 153d3d6 | I also know y'momma hollered at you about the same thing you know I was proud of. Well, they's some truth in the both of us. | Sean Patrick Flanery | ||
| 235d3dc | Tesla was never one to chase recognition--he was after the pure thrill of discovery and creation. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 3985a57 | one common factor that researchers recognized in all great performers: they practiced so hard and intensely that it hurt. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 641d8b3 | whether one has an innate aptitude for an activity or not, mastery of it takes around ten thousand hours of focused, intentional practice. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 2b56c3b | Massachusetts's search and seizure provision was the work of John Adams, who had been so strongly moved by Otis's monumental speech nearly twenty years earlier. Through Adams, Article XIV of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights declared: "Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, i.. | Sean Patrick | ||
| c969a88 | As Sean Ellis, one of the first growth hackers--he coined the term with Patrick Vlaskovits--puts it: "Focusing on customer acquisition over 'awareness' takes discipline. . . . At a certain scale, awareness/brand building makes sense. But for the first year or two it's a total waste of money." -- | Ryan Holiday | ||
| 1ab0106 | There is no shortage of problems to be solved, needs and desires to be fulfilled, and innovative ways to help others. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 539d6e7 | To put that number in perspective, if you practiced an activity four hours per day, seven days per week, it would take you about seven years to reach ten thousand hours. That kind of dedication can only come from the heart--a true love and passion for the activity. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 7d9b211 | there is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 8514d3b | An unexpected dead end in one journey is merely an opportunity to set a new course for another. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 3eb9ee4 | Edison's efforts then took a turn for the grisly. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 132345d | activity. So, what does all this tell us? First, that the seed of greatness exists in every human being. Whether it sprouts or not is our choice. Second, that there are no such things as natural-born under- or overachievers--there are simply people that tap into their true potentials and people that don't. | Sean Patrick | ||
| c24f04d | deep down inside, we don't seek the meaning of life, but the experience of being alive. And that's what the nature of genius is ultimately about. | Sean Patrick | ||
| e83066c | declared Tesla as the true "father of radio." | Sean Patrick | ||
| 929937c | Author Philip Dick once wrote, "The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." | Sean Patrick | ||
| dee86c7 | Awakening Your Inner Genius today. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 1d02e8a | Tesla was never one to chase recognition--he was after the pure thrill of discovery and creation. His imagination was a factory with unlimited resources, and the world an exciting playground with unlimited possibilities. He was excited to see men like Rontgen pioneer new fields of understanding, and was happy that his work contributed to the rise of other great men. | Sean Patrick | ||
| cb8b9df | It's no coincidence that geniuses not only dare to dream of the impossible for their work, but do the same for their lives. | Sean Patrick | ||
| fd9360e | seed of greatness exists in every human being. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 88ea370 | Argonauts--and builds the largest ship ever constructed. He then figures out how to successfully navigate the legendary maze of crushing rocks known as the Symplegades, yoke fire-breathing, bronze-hoofed oxen, trick a mighty army guarding the Fleece into ravaging | Sean Patrick | ||
| 3c7afb9 | If you believe the fearmongers, there never is a good time to start anything. Something is always wrong. There are always holes in the business model, always dangers lying below the surface, waiting to swallow you whole. But if you believe in your inherent creativity and resourcefulness--if you acknowledge your inner genius--then almost any time is a good time to start anything. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 131b386 | An extra year of play against players younger than you is a huge advantage. Your body becomes bigger, stronger, and faster every day, giving you an opportunity to truly stand out from your birthday-handicapped peers. This extra developmental time predisposes you for selection onto more elite teams, which in turn leads to more ice time and better coaching, which advances your abilities even further. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 6e30c8d | character-driven idea fascinated Barrios. It suggested that genius is much more than high intelligence, innate talent, extraordinary work ethic, or uncanny luck, but rather a composite manifestation; a synthesis of very specific types of worldviews and behaviors. | Sean Patrick | ||
| bb97985 | Well, as the preeminent mythologist Joseph Campbell said, deep down inside, we don't seek the meaning of life, but the experience of being alive. | Sean Patrick | ||
| c17d110 | Niagara Falls Commission, which had been charged with developing a power plant that would harness the force of the falls. The commission had solicited and rejected proposals from around the world, reviewing schemes that ranged from using pneumatic pressure to constructing bizarre devices of | Sean Patrick | ||
| 1ccc0fb | Within a week, the entire nation was raving about alternating current as the future of electricity. The fair was a debilitating blow to Edison's direct current, and foreshadowed the coup de grace in the War | Sean Patrick | ||
| 8b87b43 | calls to adventure are puzzles waiting to be solved. Anyone can apply, but the price of admission is paid in imagination. As journeys unfold, new challenges arise and pressures mount. These successive tolls must too be paid in creativity and ingenuity, as they were by history's most imaginative minds. The only way that Jason can claim his rightful place as ruler of Iolcus, Greece, is by retrieving the fabled Golden Fleece from distant lands.. | Sean Patrick | ||
| d05a0eb | Many calls to adventure are puzzles waiting to be solved. Anyone can apply, but the price of admission is paid in imagination. As journeys unfold, new challenges arise and pressures mount. These successive tolls must too be paid in creativity and ingenuity, as they were by history's most imaginative minds. The only way that Jason can claim his rightful place as ruler of Iolcus, Greece, is by retrieving the fabled Golden Fleece from distant .. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 4d27fa7 | Now Detective | Catherine Coulter | ||
| 157e932 | He wirelessly lit over 200 lamps from a distance of over 25 miles, proving that electricity could be transmitted great distances through the air. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 2ac009a | Marconi was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1911 for his "achievements" in radio, and was hailed as the "father of radio." Tesla was infuriated and, in 1915, sued Marconi for infringement on his patents. He didn't have the money to take on the flush Marconi, however, and the suit was dismissed." | Sean Patrick | ||
| 81e5d05 | I've asked many people these questions and their answers are invariable. "Of course it would." The cultural correlation is undeniable: we've been indoctrinated to believe that the higher the IQ, the more likely one is to succeed in life. Hence, we assume that the scientists that win Nobel Prizes, the businesspeople that go from rags to millions, the authors that write runaway bestsellers, register in the highest ranges of IQ simply because .. | Sean Patrick | ||
| fc203f2 | Betrayed by men he trusted, Tesla found himself unemployed and in desperate need of work to survive. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 7012bbe | Einstein said that "imagination is more important than knowledge," | Sean Patrick | ||
| f311519 | we don't seek the meaning of life, but the experience of being alive. | Sean Patrick | ||
| d8bd5ac | This is the beauty of imagination. An unexpected dead end in one journey is merely an opportunity to set a new course for another. Losing what we have can only do us real harm when we feel we can't create it, or something equally valuable or compelling, again, and that ability resides squarely in our imagination. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 52db2c6 | Tesla's continued research in the field of ultra-high-frequency energy led him to conclude that it was only a matter of time until science would discover a veritable source of inexhaustible, free | Sean Patrick | ||
| 3f3ac6d | every field of human endeavor, the more visionary the work, the less likely it is to be quickly understood and embraced by lesser minds. For one reason or another, many people just "don't get it." | Sean Patrick | ||
| 3c7510b | It was a dream project for Tesla, and Westinghouse was awarded the contract. Construction began immediately, and Tesla would oversee it. Progress was slow. | Sean Patrick | ||
| 6bbf969 | There's a catch to "combinatorial creativity," though. Before you can connect dots, you need to have dots to connect. The more material you're exposed to in the world, the more grist you'll have for your imagination mill. Tesla fully immersed himself in the world of electricity. He read hundreds of books. He conducted thousands of experiments and took copious notes. The more varied your knowledge and experiences are, the more lik" | Sean Patrick | ||
| d348a7a | can connect dots, you need to have dots to connect. The more material you're exposed to in the world, the more grist you'll have for your imagination mill. Tesla fully immersed himself in the world of electricity. He read hundreds of books. He conducted thousands of experiments and took copious notes. The more varied your knowledge and experiences are, the more like | Sean Patrick | ||
| 8930799 | The rule's premise is that, regardless of whether one has an innate aptitude for an activity or not, mastery of it takes around ten thousand hours of focused, intentional practice. | Sean Patrick |