Excellence - why talent is a myth.
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A presentation I gave to a JCI group in Denmark 2010 about how and why talent
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Excellence
THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS
Their super powers
• They never go Autopilot• They see more details• They interpret meaning better• They look further ahead• They know more from less• They make finer discriminations• They keep going no matter what
HARD WORK
GENIOUS
SPECIAL TALENT
”The difference between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance”
HOW DO YOU BECOME EXCELLENT?
YOU MUST MEET THE THRESHOLD
KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO EXCEL IN
DESIGNED TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE
IT CAN BE REPEATED
FEEDBACK IS AVAILABLE
MENTALLY DEMANDING
IT IS NOT FUNNY
EVERY DAY FOR 10 YEARS
Why is this a problem?Why isn’t good okay? Why does excellent matter?
All the world’s a stage
IT’S A BRAVE NEW WORLD
EXCELLENCE IS MEANINGFUL
Litterature and references
• Malcolm Gladwell, ’Outliers’ • K. Anders Eriksson ed. ’The Road to
Excellence.• Cavey ’Talent is overrated’• Jim Collins, ’Built to Last’ and ’Good to Great’.
Ulrik Lehrskov - Schmidt Ulrik holds a masters degree in analytical Philosophy from The University of Aarhus and is a certified coach from IDT.
He is currently working as a consultant in Ramboll Management Consultancy while also running his own company Erhvervsejendom.dk He is a former manager of a social community centre in the housing projects ’Gellerupparken’ in Aarhus.
Ulrik speaks on, teaches and coaches a variety of subjects including:• Excellenc and high performance in people and organizations.• Personal productivity• Study techniques (speed reading, notation, memory, functional analysis etc.)• ”How to write a masters thesis in 50 days”
Email: [email protected] -- Phone: +45 27144127
