by Rick Baker
On Mar 31, 2021
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
Apparently, even the greatest, including the child-prodigy composers, could get all wrapped up in their instruments and their talents at the expense of gaining the specialized knowledge required to excel. [Fortunately, they had mentors.]
Strengths = Talent + Opportunity +Specialized Knowledge + Practised Skills.
by Rick Baker
On Mar 16, 2021
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
If you have no definite purpose, no chief aim, no goals - then you have no need of willpower. Of course, your accomplishments will be unpredictable at best and destructive at worst.
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"Persistence involves adherence to a purpose clean through to a goal."
Frank Channing Haddock
'Power of Will', (1910)
by Rick Baker
On Mar 14, 2021
The Thinking Behind The Tweet
When discipline is absent Talent is dormant, submerged, and wasted.
That's why discipline is a good thing.
Discipline serves a key role when success is in action.