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The Daily Motivation

The BIG Difference Between TALENT And Skill | Seth Godin EP 455

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8960 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Seth Godin highlights the significant difference between talent and skill. He explores how talent, an innate ability, differs from skill, which is developed through practice and effort. Godin discusses the implications of understanding this distinction, emphasizing the role of deliberate practice and continuous learning in honing skills. The episode offers insights into how individuals can cultivate and refine their skills, transcending the limitations of raw talent to achieve meaningful success.

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I am so grateful for you. I'm so grateful that you're here today that you show up every single week to listen to one of our episodes on the School of Greatness. And did you know that this is our 10 year anniversary? That's right, 10 years of greatness.

0:15.0

And this holiday season, I don't want to sell you anything.

0:18.0

Instead, I just want to show appreciation

0:20.0

and I want to do a big giveaway.

0:22.0

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0:31.0

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0:33.4

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0:35.9

And that's where you'll get all the details about how you can be a winner.

0:39.5

And again, we're choosing winners every single day for 10 straight days.

0:44.6

10 days of greatness is my way of saying thank you for a decade of greatness.

0:49.4

So what are you waiting for?

0:50.7

Head to Louis House.com slash giveaway and enter the giveaway right now.

0:58.0

Hi my name is Lewis house and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

1:03.0

Are you a believer that creative people are born with a creative gift or talent more than less

1:15.8

creative people or can any type of creativity be learned?

1:20.9

Number one, almost nobody is talented. Talent is completely overrated. I would

1:26.5

argue that you were born with certain physical talents that enabled you to excel in sports,

1:32.1

that I could never have acquired a matter how hard I tried.

1:35.0

Even that said though,

1:37.0

Larry Bird was not born with the kind of talent

1:40.0

that Michael Jordan was.

1:41.0

Larry Bird just grounded out and shot more practice shots

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