Research about talent - including what you can do to develop talent.

1. Talent

2. Question # 1
What does the word “talent” mean?

3. Talent is any package of personal characteristics
that accelerates the acquisition of expertise or
enhances performance given a certain amount of
expertise.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/07/can-science-spot-talent-kaufman

4. Talent is the rate at which you get better with effort.
For example, a your math talent is the rate at which you get better
at math.
This definition of talent allows us to see improvement as a product
of both innateness and effort.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/learning-work/201808/what-is-talent

5. Question # 2
How do you know
if you have a talent?

6. A person with a talent is the “go to person”
for whatever the person is talented at.
https://www.inc.com/laura-garnett/how-to-identify-true-talent.html

7. A talent reveals its potential when it moves people.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-body-knows/201810/looking-your-purpose-start-trading-your-talents

8. A talent creates relationships.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/what-body-knows/201810/looking-your-purpose-start-trading-your-talents

9. Question # 3
How does talent develop?

10. Talent develops through the interaction of
genes and the environment.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/07/can-science-spot-talent-kaufman

11. One characteristic, such as extraversion, can develop early, while
another characteristic, such as speech production, may lag.
The uneven development of personal characteristics
can delay the onset of a talent making it eventually appear
to come out of nowhere.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/07/can-science-spot-talent-kaufman

12. The talent a child displays may transform into
another talent as he or she develops and different
genes become active.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/07/can-science-spot-talent-kaufman

13. Question # 4
What can you do to develop
your talent / talents?

14. Try as many things as possible.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/everybody-is-stupid-except-you/201906/heres-how-talent-actually-works
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/07/can-science-spot-talent-kaufman

15. Identify things you can be 10 times better at.
https://www.inc.com/laura-garnett/how-to-leverage-your-true-talent.html%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%BE

16. Look for things that activate a flow state.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/everybody-is-stupid-except-you/201906/heres-how-talent-actually-works
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/07/can-science-spot-talent-kaufman

17. Do things that have an extraordinarily
positive impact on people.
https://www.inc.com/laura-garnett/how-to-leverage-your-true-talent.html%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%BE

18. Do what is unique about you.
https://www.inc.com/laura-garnett/how-to-leverage-your-true-talent.html%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%BE

19. Spend time with people who can help you get better.
https://www.inc.com/laura-garnett/how-to-leverage-your-true-talent.html%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%C5%BE

20. What else can you do to develop
your talent / talents?