I read an interesting book this week for my class. The book is The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How., by Daniel Coyle. Very interesting read about how the author went around the world to places (he calls them hotbeds) that seemed to churn out a high number of talented people in a particular skill. Tennis in Russia, soccer players in Brazil, etc. Did these people all have a unique talent and just happen to be from the same place, or was something done differently in that place that helped them develop their talent? It seems that these places did do things differently, and it helped develop their skill. The book makes the point that we have much more potential to develop talents than we may realize, and if we learn to practice a certain way, that makes all the difference.
So this begs the question, how much of LeBron James' talent is nature, and how much is nurture? I definitely think nature has something to say about it. But I also think we can often do more than we realize, if we have the desire, work hard, and practice the right way. Some people have the physical ability, but no desire. How about you? What do you have a passion to learn and do in life right now? Get up and do it!
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