Must read article in SciAm answers a question often asked on ET: Born or Made?

trade4succes · Nov 15, 2006

did someone by any chance save this article? you need to subscribe to the magazine now

. I would be much obliged if you could send it to me.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel...e-a-genius.html

edit: premature question: by searching a bit, i found it here http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~djtaylor/genius.htm

zdreg · Nov 15, 2006

Quote from Maverick74:

Al Pacino had a great line in the movie "The Devil's Advocate". He was talking about pressure, how pressure changes everything. How anyone could be good at something, but how few people could really perform under pressure. His quote was "can you deliver on a deadline? Could you summon your talent at will?"

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is this a more accurat quote?

"It changes everything. Pressure. Some people, you squeeze them, they focus. Others fold. Can you summon your talent at will? Can you deliver on a deadline?"

nitro · Jul 18, 2007

Fascinating documentary that AFAIK won't air in the US:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3991

nitro

marketsurfer · Jul 18, 2007

Quote from nitro:

Fascinating documentary that AFAIK won't air in the US:

http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3991

nitro

there's a GF for ya Nitro.

opm8 · Jul 18, 2007

Achievers don't need a study to tell them what they are capable of.

opm8

nitro · Jul 19, 2007

Quote from marketsurfer:

there's a GF for ya Nitro.

She's married. Otherwise, why not?

nitro

nitro · Jan 28, 2010

"Artificial Intelligence and the human mind"

http://wdn.ipublishcentral.net/mit/viewinside/38241016009703

Scataphagos · Jan 28, 2010

Quote from zdreg:

is this a more accurat quote?

"It changes everything. Pressure. Some people, you squeeze them, they focus. Others fold. Can you summon your talent at will? Can you deliver on a deadline?"

"We all leak oil under pressure. Some more than others." -- Lee Trevino

mavericktrader · Jan 28, 2010

I loved the article. I have been trading since 1995 and feel that is wasn't until 2004-2005 that I really became good at trading. Before that, I had some great years and some negative years; but, consistency was a problem. Over the last 5 years I have really been able to mellow out and truly treat this as a business. Good luck to everyone and never quit!

nitro · May 5, 2010

According to this new book, talent is nothing more than lots of luck, and 10000 hours of effort-full practice:

Bounce: Mozart, Federer, Picasso, Beckham, and the Science of Success (Hardcover)
~ Matthew Syed (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/Bounce-Federe...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273104128&sr=8-1

Well worth a look imo.