Chad Silverstein argues talent means nothing without deliberate practice and sustained effort. He pushes the idea of finding your unique ability and mastering it through constant work, learning from others, and small purposeful actions that compound over time.
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Some people are just gifted. So many blessings in their life to have talent and whatever it is that they can do really well. A lot of kids might have it in academics, some in sports, some with musical instruments, some with art. And I believe that you're given those gifts for a reason, to be able to like, take those gifts and become the best that you could possibly become at whatever it is that you're talented in doing. And I think too many people can recognize their own talents and because they have this talent, they don't, they don't work so hard. So there's something to be said about that constant pounding the pavement and mastering your craft and getting better and better and better. And this is why I love the whole build to leave nuances. Leadership for me is something I'm really passionate about. And there are millions of nuances to being a good leader, so. And there's just an abundance of being able to like, learn how to be a better leader. And you have to go apply what you learn and practice and take risks and, you know, risk having people look at you and think you're not a good leader and be able to take that. But it's that effort, it's that I'm not gonna stop trying to get better. That really takes people to such incredible levels that when they look back at their growth, you know, it's hard to even remember what it was like when you first started. And people who have a lot of talent, they can squander it by not working on it because they don't feel like they have to. One of the ways that you can work on your talent and you can put in that effort is to connect with other people and learn from others. It's easy, it doesn't cost anything. And there's just so much learning you can get from people who've been there, done it, accomplished what you're trying to pursue, do something that you can do, but do it different. And you know, and you just can't put a price tag on that, that constant effort, the time that you invest compounds and it could just literally it can cream someone with talent over time. And so, you know, we talk about built to lead. You got to marry the mundane and just get comfortable being on the plateau, but you can't be lazy and you have to keep working. And this is why, you know, a built to lead leader is just stacked with productive actions that just are just aimed at mastering whatever it is they're, they're going after. And hopefully again, it all aligns with the big opus and hopefully that kind of trickles down to your strategies. And so hopefully you are busy doing things with purpose and being deliberate about what you're learning, what you're pulling yourself into, getting better. And you're making that effort in order to kind of just get much better and nuance whatever it is that your unique ability is. That's really important to first recognize your unique ability and then make an effort to go ahead and master it. And if you don't know what your unique ability is, then all you have to do is apply that effort to figuring out what your unique ability is. And if you pound away at that, you will eventually figure out what that unique ability is so that you can do it, and then be happy what you're doing and spend more of your time doing what you love.
