Achievement is talent plus preparation - Malcolm Gladwell

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There are things which need to be shown in the trailer in order to let the audience know what kind of film it is that they're going to be expecting to see.

Malcolm Gladwell

Achievement is talent plus preparation

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Success has to do with deliberate practice. Practice must be focused, determined, and in an environment where there's feedback.

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It takes ten thousand hours to truly master anything. Time spent leads to experience; experience leads to proficiency; and the more proficient you are the more valuable you'll be.

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Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot and be willing to challenge their own preconceptions. They also need to be conscientious. An innovator who has brilliant ideas but lacks the discipline and persistence to carry them out is merely a dreamer. . . But crucially, innovators need to be disagreeable. . . They are people willing to take social risks-to do things that others might disapprove of.

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That's your responsibility as a person, as a human being - to constantly be updating your positions on as many things as possible. And if you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

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The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

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