5 Strategies to Be Great At Anything - The Polgar Sisters Experiment

The Polgar Sisters Experiment and Story is a fascinating social endeavor by Laszlo Polgar to determine if greatness is something that can be learned, meaning it's a skill, or if it's an inherent quality some are born with.
Laszlo decided to teach each of his children chess. While one of them may have an affinity for the game, it was nearly impossible that all three would have a gift for the game. Plus, chess had clear objectives, ranking systems, and a strong history of games and material to learn from.
Unlike writing, singing, or many other endeavors, which could stand to be debated as what was world-class, chess had a clear line. Neither he nor his wife were very good at chess either, so the test would not be skewed in his favor.
The results and success of Susan, Sophia, and Judit Polgar is a story we should all know concerning greatness.
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[@elsenored562]

2:43 1. Effort beats talent
3:44 2. The world only sees results
4:47 3. Expertise is within your reach
5:06 4. Mastery requires interest
6:08 5. Sacrifice

[@LSDUniversity]

Woah..this was a good one. There are so many times people create goals for themselves and most times, they fall flat. In this case, I am the "people" in that sentence. After spending time in corporations, sitting at a desk, doing the brain dead busy work, I knew that I had to go after the goal I set for myself. I finally left that part of me and started my content creator journey. A few months in and it has been the best decision I made. Of course the fear part of my brain likes to sneak in and tell me, "psssst, are you sure you're doing the right thing?" and to that, WHAT DOES "right' EVEN MEAN? In that sense, there is no such thing as failure. In a different universe if "failing" was considered a positive connotation, I'd say, "Keep failing, fail until you find what you truly enjoy. Then when you get tired of that, fail again!"

[@akpabiomd9970]

Thank you so much for the video, I have read his book.. and he stated clearly that genius could indeed be raised... This is a blow to people who believe that intelligence is only largely nature... Provided a child is healthy, has interest and is provided with the right resource, he/she can become a genius!!!!

[@joycoso1453]

Thank you again. Looking forward for the next one. Great job!

[@upgradedmentality]

Thanks again!

[@novemberacc4412]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@akmalrd3718]

Very useful information

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[@RodrigoSchmidtAdv]

There are many inconsistencies in this video, Lázló Pólgar (the father) was an excellent chess player and also a chess teacher, he and his wife were intelligent people, and certainly the DNA of the Pólgar sisters benefited from this.
I don't believe that the experiment proved so much besides that training is very important, but that we all already knew.

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[@upgradedmentality]

I just read that a few months back, I'll put it on my list!

[@dmy1618]

Thank you so much

[@ChrisSquaredTwo]

Do you have access to a more detailed description of his education methodology ?

[@akpabiomd9970]

Yea I have his book.... He described his methodologies and ideas in his book!!

[@digan3934]

Keep going

[@upgradedmentality]

Will do!

[@ChrisSquaredTwo]

Work hard is OK, but with the right methodology. Some methodologies are best than others. Repeating is a nice thing, but repeating keeping in mind the way you will remember it or use it later is a little better. Repeating like a parrot is useless. Playing with the thing to remember is nice.

[@TheMaestromMephisto]

Judit was supertalented, she was also very intelligent, i think her IQ is around 170, she is a genius, but her sisters werent talented, Susan especially worked hard to be a GM,

[@DK-li3xk]

Can you define greatness?

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[@upgradedmentality]

Any in particular you'd like to see?

[@TRIOVO]

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[@PAVLAKOS67]

I see no strategy here. just work your butt hard....

[@upgradedmentality]

Sounds like a good strategy to me!