Something sparks the talent, and it is the speed…

Page 72. Something sparks the talent, and it is the speed at which you learn a new skill that provides the telltale clue to the talents presence and power.

— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit) · Now, discover your strengths. Written by Marcus Beckingham and Donald Clifton PhD

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You will remember your great teachers far longer than the subjects they taught — so become your own great teacher, and teach yourself the way the best of them taught you. If you are lucky you will also find a mentor — an older friend who spots the best in you and wants to draw it out — and you will recognize your own gifts by what you pick up fastest, since the speed at which you learn a new skill is the surest clue to where your talent lies. Third, learn from others; as Newton said, if he saw further it was by standing on the shoulders of giants. — Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)

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