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@AJA_Cortes Which of your programs would you recommend for a 12/13 yr old who is fairly athletic?

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@mackenzieprice @QualityBland @gtdad Where on the linktree is it?

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@AlexHormozi @andyfrisella @RogerLMartin sounds like sth directly from your work

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@anabology @BreatheLesss

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@normonics @sage_teacher 👋🏽 from Thailand. Would like early access

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@gurselcakar @signulll We tried hukora. Now hooked.

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@ben_m_somers @_MathAcademy_ We’re doing this with @grok . Except we have to screenshot the question , paste it as an image, and then do Q&A with grok. We have one dedicated channel just for Q&A on the ongoing units . Is rocky sth I can download separately ?

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@stevemagness Reminds me of Benjamin Bloom’s Talent Development framework. https://t.co/UGZwsH6azh

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

"Developing Talent in Young People" by Benjamin Bloom (published 1985).

That's the same Bloom as Bloom's two-sigma problem, Bloom's taxonomy, etc. This guy is one of the most influential scientists in the history of education ... yet, relatively few people know about Developing Talent in Young People, which was his final masterpiece!

Here's what the book's about.

Everyone seems to have their own opinion about how talented people become talented and what roles working hard, working smart, and getting lucky play in that process. But Bloom, being a scientist, didn't want to settle for subjective opinions. He wanted to formulate conclusions based on real data.

So, Bloom studied the training backgrounds of 120 world-class talented individuals across 6 talent domains: piano, sculpting, swimming, tennis, math, & neurology. And what he discovered was that talent development occurs through a similar general process, no matter what talent domain. In other words, loosely speaking, there is a "formula" for developing talent -- though executing it is a lot harder than simply understanding it.

What's great about this book is the level of detail presented. This is not one of those corny pamphlets where someone tells you about their "3 keys to success" framework and all the information is obvious and too abstracted to be useful. Each chapter covers a different talent domain and goes into extreme depth making heavy use of direct quotes from interviews with the world-class individuals and their parents.

Instead of handing you some kind of abstract framework and expecting you to accept it at face value, the book walks you through the process of starting with first principles -- detailed interviews and backstories -- and zooming out to identify general trends. You go from micro-structure to macro-structure.

The big conclusion is that talent development occurs through a similar general process no matter what talent domain:

1. first fun & exciting playtime,
2. then intense & strenuous skill development, and
3. finally developing one's individual style while pushing the boundaries of the field.

It's an older book so you can get a used copy really cheap.

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@boringmarketer Yes pls

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@JeffreyBiles @physicsgraph What level in math academy would this be?

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@ninja_maths @jadelapuente Hi Alex do you still plan to launch an intro to coding? Saw another ai tutor go viral recently (that you commented on) and I remembered that you mentioned planning to launch coding soon. We’re avid users of MA and love it.

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@sathaxe Super cool. What set up is that and how’d you do it!

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@suekhim @suekhim Both my kids use math academy regularly but have nothing for coding yet. Can we use this in conjunction with MA?

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@yiran__c Yes! How can we test it out?

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@drjoshfunk @bchesky on @patrick_oshag ‘s Invest Like the Best

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@DavidDeutschOxf @mathladyhazel @justinskycak

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@flowidealism @bobbygulshan How can we engage with you given that we live in Thailand? Been following your work for a while

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@jliemandt @jliemandt let me know what you think. I’m serious :)

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@jliemandt How do we get this started in Thailand?

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