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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

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THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS

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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

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HARD WORK

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GENIOUS

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SPECIAL TALENT

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”The difference between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance”

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HOW DO YOU BECOME EXCELLENT?

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YOU MUST MEET THE THRESHOLD

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KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO EXCEL IN

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DESIGNED TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE

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IT CAN BE REPEATED

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FEEDBACK IS AVAILABLE

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MENTALLY DEMANDING

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IT IS NOT FUNNY

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EVERY DAY FOR 10 YEARS

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Why is this a problem?Why isn’t good okay? Why does excellent matter?

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All the world’s a stage

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IT’S A BRAVE NEW WORLD

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EXCELLENCE IS MEANINGFUL

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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’.

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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

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