The biggest factor of success is not intelligence but grit.
We must teach the next generation and empower the current. What is your growth mindset?
Remember back in grade school, when you were on a sports team or in art class, and some kids just seemed to be naturals?
They didn’t seem to have to work at learning plays or painting techniques. They just picked them up naturally and were better than all the other kids, right from the get-go.
We like to say people like that have natural talent. But there’s a problem with that: It discounts all the other kids on the team who might not have picked a skill up seemingly effortlessly, but who became stars through a lot of practice and hard work.
This is an example of fixed and growth mindsets. The way you think about things like talent and intelligence can have major effects on your life and work — especially as a developer.