Innate Talent vs. Developed Mastery

Mastery pushes us to a new understanding of what we can accomplish. Mastery, as Daniel Pink puts it, is an asymptote, we can get close to mastery but perfection will always alude us. This is both exciting and daunting. Exiting because there is no end to our pursuit of mastery. We will always be able to improve and get better. An excellent article from the Harvard Business Review reports on the results of some research and 6 keys to mastery, and no, being born with natural talent is not one of them. I think too often we are cheating ourselves out of great learning and growth when we say things like, "I am not good at math", "I am not creative", "I am not good at sports". Never ever limit yourself! These sentiments support the innate talent myth, talents and mastery are the result of hard, determined work, not what you do well or poorly. You can accomplish anything!! Read the Harvard Business Review Article!!