Comments on: ingredients for success: dedication and talent http://1000times1000.com/2007/08/13/ingredients-for-success-dedication-and-talent/ 1000 days | 1000 blogs Sat, 6 Sep 2008 03:28:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Patrick http://1000times1000.com/2007/08/13/ingredients-for-success-dedication-and-talent/#comment-38101 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:08:25 +0000 http://1000times1000.com/2007/08/13/ingredients-for-success-dedication-and-talent/#comment-38101 @Sjors I do agree, you can't be a professional soccer player AND a professional tennis player at the same time, so you have to make choices. But this is a new phenomenon; in the old days it was possible. To give you an example... My mother played on Wimbledon (9 years), traveled all over the world to compete in tennis tournaments, was 7 times Dutch champion Squash (which is how she met my dad), and was in the selection of the national hockey team. Nowadays all sports are professionalized (even petangue can be a money maker), so you have to choose early on on what you want to be the best at. This doesn't mean that a professional tennis player isn't very good at other sports (golf, squash, soccer i.e. ball sports). Outside of Sports it is more easy to do more, to be good at a lot of things I guess. @thomas You're totally right. Passion is the driver for dedication. If you're not passionate about something you cannot be totally dedicated to it. I guess I have to change the title of the post to Passion and talent... @Sjors I do agree, you can’t be a professional soccer player AND a professional tennis player at the same time, so you have to make choices. But this is a new phenomenon; in the old days it was possible. To give you an example… My mother played on Wimbledon (9 years), traveled all over the world to compete in tennis tournaments, was 7 times Dutch champion Squash (which is how she met my dad), and was in the selection of the national hockey team. Nowadays all sports are professionalized (even petangue can be a money maker), so you have to choose early on on what you want to be the best at. This doesn’t mean that a professional tennis player isn’t very good at other sports (golf, squash, soccer i.e. ball sports).
Outside of Sports it is more easy to do more, to be good at a lot of things I guess.

@thomas You’re totally right. Passion is the driver for dedication. If you’re not passionate about something you cannot be totally dedicated to it. I guess I have to change the title of the post to Passion and talent…

]]> by: Thomas http://1000times1000.com/2007/08/13/ingredients-for-success-dedication-and-talent/#comment-36594 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:40:53 +0000 http://1000times1000.com/2007/08/13/ingredients-for-success-dedication-and-talent/#comment-36594 Nice post Patrick. Though I would add an extra ingredient. - Passion. Being passionate with what you are doing is very important as well. Passion will enforce you in the difficult times, Passion will make you cross the boundaries and Passion will make you celebrate your achievements even more! Once again, great post! Best, Thomas Nice post Patrick.

Though I would add an extra ingredient.

- Passion.

Being passionate with what you are doing is very important as well. Passion will enforce you in the difficult times, Passion will make you cross the boundaries and Passion will make you celebrate your achievements even more!

Once again, great post!

Best,
Thomas

]]> by: Sjors http://1000times1000.com/2007/08/13/ingredients-for-success-dedication-and-talent/#comment-36593 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:39:51 +0000 http://1000times1000.com/2007/08/13/ingredients-for-success-dedication-and-talent/#comment-36593 Good post, I had the same thoughts once, and I think you are right, you can achieve what ever you want to. But you can only choose one (or a few things). You can't be the best soccer player and the gold swimmer in one life time. Focus is necessary, and that means saying no to a million other fun things. And as a second thought you shouldn't aim for a future where the amount of people can be counted on one hand, or is limited to one. As I want to be the next president of the USA, or I want to be the best soccer player ever. It's more healthier I guess to go for "I want to become a minister" or I want to be one of the best soccer players ever. But than again, if you aren't dedicated to be the best.. will you ever become one of the best? Good post, I had the same thoughts once, and I think you are right, you can achieve what ever you want to. But you can only choose one (or a few things). You can’t be the best soccer player and the gold swimmer in one life time. Focus is necessary, and that means saying no to a million other fun things.
And as a second thought you shouldn’t aim for a future where the amount of people can be counted on one hand, or is limited to one. As I want to be the next president of the USA, or I want to be the best soccer player ever. It’s more healthier I guess to go for “I want to become a minister” or I want to be one of the best soccer players ever.
But than again, if you aren’t dedicated to be the best.. will you ever become one of the best?

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