Brian Johnson argues that effort multiplies talent into skill, skill into achievement, and achievement into mastery. Talent alone does nothing. He uses sports as an example and says praise effort, not fixed traits.
We win or we learn. And learning is winning. Talent times effort equals skill. Talent matters with sports. Certain bodies with kinesthetic intelligence are going to play sports better than other bodies. The speed with which you gain skill. Talent by itself does nothing. Talent times effort equals skill. Effort is the amount of energy you put into something. Practice. Skill is your ability to do something at a higher level. Talent times effort equals skill. Perfect. Then the next part of the equation is skill times effort equals achievement. Skill. How well you can do something isn't enough. You gotta put in more effort, then you can achieve things. Achievement times more effort equals mastery. But some people think that all you need to do is just have talent. Don't say you're so good at that or you're so smart or fill in the blank on a fixed trait. Always say, wow, you must have worked really hard to be able to do that.
