{"id":3061,"date":"2019-01-13T11:34:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T16:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=3061"},"modified":"2019-01-13T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T16:34:49","slug":"three-minute-leadership-talent-or-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2019\/01\/three-minute-leadership-talent-or-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: Talent or Effort?"},"content":{"rendered":"

To: The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/p>\n

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In their book,\u00a0The Confidence Code<\/a><\/em>, authors\u00a0Katty Kay<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Claire Shipman<\/a>\u00a0share with great leaders their thoughts on the critical difference between talent and effort. They write:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMaking a distinction between talent and effort is critical. If we believe that somehow we\u2019re given talents at birth we can\u2019t control, then we\u2019re unlikely to believe that we can really improve on areas in which we\u2019re weak. But when success is measured by effort and improvement, then it becomes something that we can control, something that we can choose to improve upon. It encourages mastery.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The importance of this distinction, the authors suggest, is its impact on the great leaders\u2019 view of themselves \u2013 their self-confidence, their belief in what they can or cannot control. Kay and Shipman write: \u201cConfidence becomes less than what you were born with (talent), and more about what you make of yourself (effort).<\/em>\u201d It is their extraordinary passion, drive and joy to be more than they ever dreamed they could be that they control. Their success is firmly in their hands. They own it.<\/p>\n

Ezra Pound\u00a0<\/a>captures this message with sheer simplicity saying: \u201cWhat matters is not the idea a man holds, but the depth at which he holds it<\/em>.\u201d We are what we believe, and when we believe deeply, we bring fire to the world and to those whom we serve. We become what we believe and choose to be.<\/p>\n

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Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/p>\n

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Mike<\/p>\n

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