How to become an expert in anything: the deliberate practice

Which party did you vote in the last election? And which party did you vote your mom? Statistics in hand, the answer will
be the same. Am I wrong?



 If you do not believe me, do a survey among your friends. Keep this phrase in your mind, at the end of this article I'll
explain how the political party of your parents influence everything you do in life.

But first I want to explain how you can become an expert in anything: violin, sailing, tennis, mathematics. I do not know
you, but I tell you that with the right approach you can. And in this article I'll explain how and why.

The talent does not exist

If you look at the Olympics, you will be easy to think that in Kenya and Ghana men are genetically predisposed to run faster.

 If you look at the world swimming championships, you might think that white people swim better than blacks. You might also 

think that for some reason Brazilians and Italians are more likely than Americans to play football. Do you want to know the 

truth?

    Kenyans since children are so many kilometers that dwarfs a professional marathon runner.

    In Africa there is less water available and lacks the culture of swimming.

    In the United States no one plays football in Italy and Brazil, children socialize with a ball at his feet. 

The idea that genetics influences the talent of a person comes from Galton, who in the early 1900s he made a series of 

observations and came to the conclusion that the physical traits needed to excel in any discipline come from genetics. 

Not only in sports but in fields such as mathematics (familiarity with numbers) or piano (coordination and speed of the

 fingers).

Unfortunately, after over a century of scientific tests that disprove this theory, people still believe in the talent and 

use it as an excuse for their own failures, "it is not my fault, is that they are brought." Galton If he is right, 

the physical characteristics and mental health of a person should remain unchanged throughout life.

Although there are characteristics that are mainly based on genetics, such as height, this does not mean that the body 

can not adapt to the environment. In fact, most of your physical traits derived from past experiences.

Another excuse I often hear is that of intelligence, "he has achieved those results because he is a genius." But it has 

been shown that IQ plays no role in the success in fields such as music or chess ( source ) . Similarly, aptitude tests 

are useless for evaluating the future success of a person ( source ).