💬 Motivation over Talent

Ryan, I like your comment about motivation over talent:

Talent exists, sure. Some people are naturals. But we overestimate its impact. I think much of what we see as talent is actually motivation.

@schnarfed https://snarfed.org/2024-07-31_53442

It reminded me of a post from Dave Cormier from a few years ago about ‘care’ being learning’s first principle. He makes the case that,

Student separate into two categories… those that care and those that don’t care.

Learning’s first principle – the most important thing i learned this year