Psychotactics – Suddenly Talented

Introducing, “Suddenly Talented: The Road to “Doable Greatness”

We’ve all grown up with one mantra: you either have the skill, or you don’t. You’re either born with it or not. When we looked around at the “talented kids” at school, that logic seemed to work. They seemed to be good at drawing, writing, maths and a whole lot of things we were just average at doing.

But what if that logic of “inborn talent” has a lot of holes in it?

Over the years, at Psychotactics, we’ve trained people who say they can’t draw. In a few weeks—and sometimes often in the first week itself—they realise they are already drawing exceedingly well. The same applies to writing, speaking, creating products, etc. In short, all of these people are developing talents they never had, and talents they were told they should have been born with. The problem with the logic of “inborn talent” is that it’s a prison. If you have a fixed number of talents, then you can NEVER get any more. You’re stuck in that jail and can never get out!

And yet, there’s a reason why some people are vastly more talented than others

Rarely does it have to do with any good fortune of birth. Instead, they have learned that what it takes to become talented is remarkably simple.

What if we don’t have to struggle with learning a new skill? Understanding why one person is so very talented and the other is just mediocre at almost everything, is the key to “Suddenly Talented”.

What You’ll Learn In Suddenly Talented

• How to avoid the “I’m not talented” dungeon by understanding energy
  We all know what “energy” looks like. However, in this section we look at why people fail time and time again. It’s almost always because of bad energy management. Why does energy matter so much when we’re gaining a new talent? How to know whether you’re going off track and are with the wrong system—or wrong teacher. This slightly unusual idea of energy will show you how to make choices that will move you forward, not throw you back into the “I’m not talented dungeon”.
• Why confidence is more important than skill
  It’s normal to believe that as we get more skilled, we will also get more confident. However, don’t you know people who have studied a language and still can’t speak it? They know the vocabulary fairly well, have a good sense of the grammar, but are reluctant to put themselves out there. The concept of confidence plays an inordinately large role in creating a talent. Conversely, if someone destroys our confidence, it won’t matter how skilled we are. Understanding the concept of confidence allows us to pick the right teachers that prioritise confidence over mere skill.
• The hidden factor called the “Safe Zone”
  Almost directly linked to confidence is something that many of us ignore. It’s called the “Safe Zone”. How does this “Safe Zone” play a crucial role in speeding up our learning? In this chapter you learn to see the “Safe Zone” through a master teacher. This knowledge enables you to look for “Safe Zones” when learning but also to make sure you’re creating “Safe Zones” when training others.
• And yes, the 10,000 hour dilemma
  You may have read, or heard, that it takes 10,000 hours to get really good at something. Well, does it? In “Suddenly Talented” you get a deeper dive into what the 10,000 hour “rule” says, and why it doesn’t seem to apply to any of us. All it does is intimidate and stop us from getting the skills we seek. We learn why we can easily ignore the 10,000 hour “rule”, and still be exceptional in several disciplines!

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