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Being a successful lawyer is about a lot more than IQ. It involves having the kind of fertile mind that Poole had. And just because Michigan’s minority students have lower scores on convergence tests doesn’t mean they don’t have that other critical trait in abundance.
Malcolm Gladwell • Outliers
subjects. Students who develop mental representations can go on to generate their own scientific experiments or to write their own books—and research has shown that many successful scientists and authors started their careers at a young age in just this way.
Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool • Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Robert Sternberg, the present-day guru of intelligence, writes that the major factor in whether people achieve expertise “is not some fixed prior ability, but purposeful engagement.”
Carol S. Dweck • Mindset - Updated Edition: Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential
The 12 Types of Intelligence (and Counting)
Rather than eight intelligences, Sternberg’s model proposes three: analytical, creative, and practical.
Henry L. Roediger III • Make It Stick
In Roche’s studies of executives, the average number of mentors was two and among females it was three. Dean Keith Simonton explains: Prospective pupils should draw upon many mentors rather than just one. The same advice has been given in choice of models, and for the same reason. With many mentors on which to base their personal growth, talented
... See moreEric Barker • Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
The best manager is often neither the most outstanding professional, the best business getter, nor even the best “financial brain.”
David H. Maister • Managing The Professional Service Firm
