Comments on: How Those Who Are Less Talented Can Flourish http://www.therealim.com/blog/2007/12/28/how-those-who-are-less-talented-can-flourish/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:09:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Paul Maclauchlan http://www.therealim.com/blog/2007/12/28/how-those-who-are-less-talented-can-flourish/#comment-51 Paul Maclauchlan Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:26:32 +0000 http://www.therealim.com/blog/2007/12/28/how-those-who-are-less-talented-can-flourish/#comment-51 Jason, Your post reminds me to remember a lesson I learned a while back. It is not my technical or academic knowledge that is the prime factor in my ongoing (or lifetime) success. It is the skill that I attain through putting that knowledge into action. Reading and listening and studying are all very well, but in applying that new knowledge I can gain a lifelong skill that cannot be taken away. My security is owning that skill... not in my job or any particular business I have. One other point... You said you are working hard on your weaknesses. I caution you on that one. I learnt through hard knocks that if I concentrate on a weakness I am only going to suck less at something. If I concentrate on a strength I will become excellent at it. I learnt to find partners (employees, contractors, outsourcers, whatever) that are excellent in my weak areas and use their skills to augment my own capabilities. Make an excellent day! Jason,

Your post reminds me to remember a lesson I learned a while back. It is not my technical or academic knowledge that is the prime factor in my ongoing (or lifetime) success. It is the skill that I attain through putting that knowledge into action.

Reading and listening and studying are all very well, but in applying that new knowledge I can gain a lifelong skill that cannot be taken away. My security is owning that skill… not in my job or any particular business I have.

One other point…

You said you are working hard on your weaknesses. I caution you on that one.

I learnt through hard knocks that if I concentrate on a weakness I am only going to suck less at something. If I concentrate on a strength I will become excellent at it.

I learnt to find partners (employees, contractors, outsourcers, whatever) that are excellent in my weak areas and use their skills to augment my own capabilities.

Make an excellent day!

]]> By: Edward T Streker II http://www.therealim.com/blog/2007/12/28/how-those-who-are-less-talented-can-flourish/#comment-35 Edward T Streker II Mon, 31 Dec 2007 19:36:20 +0000 http://www.therealim.com/blog/2007/12/28/how-those-who-are-less-talented-can-flourish/#comment-35 im just lost wiyh trying to figure out how to increse wealth without losing what i have im just lost wiyh trying to figure out how to increse wealth without losing what i have

]]> By: Dan Krueger http://www.therealim.com/blog/2007/12/28/how-those-who-are-less-talented-can-flourish/#comment-16 Dan Krueger Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:27:03 +0000 http://www.therealim.com/blog/2007/12/28/how-those-who-are-less-talented-can-flourish/#comment-16 A new blog, waohu! I have a brand new blog too! Usually I don't have the time to send comments, backlinks or not. 2 reasons to comment here: 1. what an appealing wp-theme! Would like to have it for some of my blogs, but there are these missing rounded corners for header and footer, and the header is left of the rest by some 20px or so, that ruins this blog design. 2. As a tennis and golf teaching professional I'm always interested in topics like this. With this background I tend to compare success in sports and in businesses. Just wrote a post on my blog about that topic and decided to write an ebook instead of presenting it to not interested folks anyway. But this post about how a less talented can florish makes me send a comment here. What did you mean with this post, Jason? Encouraging less talented IM's to be more than average amateurs by just try a little bit harder? Staying a super amateur? There is a big difference between a hobby sport and a professional sport. You can learn a lot from hobby sport to find out about your mental and physical abilities in other arenas like IM, but this does not necessarily mean success in business. More to come in my ebook. A new blog, waohu!
I have a brand new blog too!
Usually I don’t have the time to send comments, backlinks or not.
2 reasons to comment here:
1. what an appealing wp-theme! Would like to have it for some of my blogs, but there are these missing rounded corners for header and footer, and the header is left of the rest by some 20px or so, that ruins this blog design.
2. As a tennis and golf teaching professional I’m always interested in topics like this. With this background I tend to compare success in sports and in businesses. Just wrote a post on my blog about that topic and decided to write an ebook instead of presenting it to not interested folks anyway.
But this post about how a less talented can florish makes me send a comment here.
What did you mean with this post, Jason?
Encouraging less talented IM’s to be more than average amateurs by just try a little bit harder? Staying a super amateur? There is a big difference between a hobby sport and a professional sport. You can learn a lot from hobby sport to find out about your mental and physical abilities in other arenas like IM, but this does not necessarily mean success in business.
More to come in my ebook.

]]> By: Todd http://www.therealim.com/blog/2007/12/28/how-those-who-are-less-talented-can-flourish/#comment-15 Todd Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:41:32 +0000 http://www.therealim.com/blog/2007/12/28/how-those-who-are-less-talented-can-flourish/#comment-15 Hey Jason, You struck a chord here. Similar b-ball background... used to absolutely stink up the court... dangerous to myself and others... Now at 54, after ~10 years of persistance and study, I'm halfway decent and still getting better. Been applying that attitude to earning income online for a couple years and now starting to see some results. Best wishes, TC Hey Jason,

You struck a chord here.

Similar b-ball background… used to absolutely stink up the court… dangerous to myself and others…

Now at 54, after ~10 years of persistance and study, I’m halfway decent and still getting better.

Been applying that attitude to earning income online for a couple years and now starting to see some results.

Best wishes,

TC

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