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On the topic of talent vs. grit, it's recommended to encourage people (children and adults alike) when they succeed on a task or a project not for their talent, but for their hard work.

Emphasizing the talent required to successfully perform a certain task will demotivate them in the future, as they will feel their *own* contribution is next to nothing compared with the contribution of the genes they received. While emphasizing the labor they put to into the task will encourage them to better themselves.

Now, where did I read that? I hope it was not the corporate communist manifesto, because it sure sounds like Jeff Lenin.

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