Great stuff! Nice comedic timing! Looking forward to more. Also, like your website design.
Kirby
· 8 months ago
Thanks Amanda!
Jonathan Nail
· 8 months ago
Too f'ing true. Too true.
Philippe Gauthier
· 8 months ago
Good job dude! You're right, it takes hard work and luck. But i think it is possible to work for your own luck, with all the social medias now so easily accessible, it's for you to make yourself shine. With a little bit of talent and a good personality, everything is possible nowadays!
But I have to agree, you have to work A LOT for it to happen!
Hannah
· 8 months ago
Great video Kirby...
Unknown
· 8 months ago
Excellent video. There person is very witty. Ability+Effort+Luck is what needed.Period.
CAEntertainmentAtty
· 8 months ago
(1) Your narrative was rambling, boring, and without focus. 1/2 way through, it was unclear if you were describing Gladwell's book still, or describing people who disagreed with Gladwell; it was unclear if you were describing competing factors, or not (2) Boring tone...I love sarcasm, but yours just seems snarky; (3) Stick to writing, your body language and "Q" factor is very very very very low. Google the term if you're not familiar, I do this for a living; (4) Just so you don't think I'm a hater, I'll leave a positive comment: editing was fair; and subject matter (popular social science book) was good -- too many videoblogs are dumbed down excessively. Take note, this is the most honest assessment you'll get this month. Learn from it, or else just curl up in a ball in Kalamazoo and say sarcastic things about me.
Kirby
· 8 months ago
You're so vicious and self-impressed it's obvious you’re a hack.
Here's some non-sarcasm for you: stick your Q factor up your tanned ass.
Eoghan
· 8 months ago
And so say all of us....
dananddanfilms
· 8 months ago
It's another sweet one Kirby. As for "CAEntertainmentAtty", try to feel happy for them. Writing that comment was the best thing *they* did that day. They probably went away with a grin on their face, thinking "Hehe, I've done something really good. I did some good writing there." In a small way, by letting them post that comment, you have allowed a ray of fun into a life which - one can almost certainly guarantee - is desperately short of it.
Rafie
· 8 months ago
This is brilliant! I'm going to remember this my entire life.
rockstar
· 8 months ago
hehe whats that
GodMode
· 8 months ago
Quiet an interesting video. lol very interesting.
Todd Zuniga
· 8 months ago
This is genius. Love it!
Magic
· 8 months ago
Talk about drawing out what you already said in in title.
Zachary Spencer
· 8 months ago
I sort of disagree. Talent is a natural aptitude, generally caused by the way someone thinks. Expertise is 10,000 hours + Talent. Success is 10,000 hours + luck.
Waseem Ahmad
· 8 months ago
Talent = 10,001 Hours of work and no fugging luck.
Devin
· 8 months ago
I just discovered your blog and I must say...
I am in love with your humor...
That is all...for now! mawhahaha!
Devin Frymire
· 8 months ago
I'm showing this to every lazy, complaining ass i know haha.
Katarzyna Stecko
· 8 months ago
Thank you, thank you! Just what I needed to keep on hard work on my artificial 'talent' :)
Llort
· 8 months ago
I'm sorry, but I just can't see why you bothered to make this. If you're going to precis someone else's work, you could have just typed a couple of lines. Filming yourself talking and adding a bit of animation just looks self-indulgent.
lusteralba
· 8 months ago
This misses the most important part.
You have to enjoy it.
As a musician.... Some people like sitting down and playing guitar to themselves. Those are the talented ones, those who enjoy playing guitar.
If you don't enjoy it from the start then you are never motivated to start the 10,000 hours, you never write good songs because you don't *like* writing good songs, and you never get anywhere.
All the discussion on talent I have ever heard misses out this crucial point. You have to like doing what you do enough to carry on without monetary rewards.
Have you ever heard of anyone 'talented' who always hated what they do?
Marcy Wheaton
· 8 months ago
I think I have alot of hours yet to put in....yikes!
Rob
· 8 months ago
Sorry, who are you & what's your point?
Kirby
· 8 months ago
Isn't snark getting a bit dull?
Devin Frymire
· 8 months ago
Drop the fag bomb on him and all the other complainers
Igor
· 8 months ago
Thanks for explaining everything:] I will start my 3 hours a day today:] Maybe luck will come:], maybe not:(
Matty
· 8 months ago
Hey Kirby. Nice vid! Are you ruling out the possibility of any innate aptitude? I remember young kids at school who could throw a ball, sing, do a cartwheel, etc whereas others (include me here) could not.
Kirby
· 8 months ago
Thanks Matty!
Well, it's not my theory. I'm just having a little fun with it. It's Malcolm Gladwell's argument in "Outliers." But my novice opinion is that innate ability is not that important. I tend to think people who do something a lot get extraordinarily good at it. Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods because his father had him hitting golf balls before they cut the umbilical cord. The kid who does cartwheels has been probably been jumping around her entire life.
Singing is different because we're born with a certain instrument. Certain physical traits -- height and build -- are very important for some sports.
Just my thoughts and I'm no expert!
For further reading, get "Outliers" or "Talent is Overrated," which is more about using these theories for competition in business.
The 10,000 hour theory has been around a while, but as far as I'm aware, the first book it appeared in was Daniel Levitin's "Your Brain on Music." http://tinyurl.com/csxe7x
ed
· 8 months ago
True dat!
PB
· 8 months ago
I'd like to put in something here.
Though the luck you have is random, the amount you have is variable, and - to fill a nice slot in this theory - is affected by you doing your 10,000 hours. Here's what I mean:
If you sit on your arse (in UK) or ass (in US) all day, sipping beer and watching daytime TV, you will not have much luck. Sure, the man/woman of your dreams may accidentally knock at your door looking for directions, or you may get a call from the 'random million dollar lottery people' but it's unlikely.
However, if you are out there doing stuff, looking through magazines and papers for things, in and out of shops, doing study courses, visiting places of relevance to you, you massively increase the chance of meeting the man/woman of your dreams, but also the guy who's selling a van that you need, or running a course that you want to do, or wants to buy your old guitar, or looking for a new band member, etc. Then everyone else says 'you're so lucky' and you quote Ford and say 'it seems that the harder I work, the more luck I have'.
Got a bit rambly there, but do you get my point? By doing something interesting with your life, you are developing the talent as stated already, but you're also increasing your chance of getting the lucky break anyway.
I'm done.
Jake Garn
· 8 months ago
Made me LOL. Very great stuff and very, very well edited and written! Thanks!
LeonieB
· 8 months ago
I really enjoyed that - nice work. You made me smile too! (and I'm *very* cute, but you'll have to visualise it yourself)
LeonieB cybergoth girlie
Alex Kirkwood
· 6 months ago
This is fantastic. I just bought both books, and while their conclusions are ultimately depressing, Gladwell doesn't seem to take into consideration the newly created outliers from the sample of initial outliers. I will have trouble letting go of the "luck is when opportunity meets preparation" ideal.
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But I have to agree, you have to work A LOT for it to happen!
Ability+Effort+Luck is what needed.Period.
Here's some non-sarcasm for you: stick your Q factor up your tanned ass.
very interesting.
I am in love with your humor...
That is all...for now! mawhahaha!
If you're going to precis someone else's work, you could have just typed a couple of lines.
Filming yourself talking and adding a bit of animation just looks self-indulgent.
You have to enjoy it.
As a musician.... Some people like sitting down and playing guitar to themselves. Those are the talented ones, those who enjoy playing guitar.
If you don't enjoy it from the start then you are never motivated to start the 10,000 hours, you never write good songs because you don't *like* writing good songs, and you never get anywhere.
All the discussion on talent I have ever heard misses out this crucial point. You have to like doing what you do enough to carry on without monetary rewards.
Have you ever heard of anyone 'talented' who always hated what they do?
Are you ruling out the possibility of any innate aptitude? I remember young kids at school who could throw a ball, sing, do a cartwheel, etc whereas others (include me here) could not.
Well, it's not my theory. I'm just having a little fun with it. It's Malcolm Gladwell's argument in "Outliers." But my novice opinion is that innate ability is not that important. I tend to think people who do something a lot get extraordinarily good at it. Tiger Woods is Tiger Woods because his father had him hitting golf balls before they cut the umbilical cord. The kid who does cartwheels has been probably been jumping around her entire life.
Singing is different because we're born with a certain instrument. Certain physical traits -- height and build -- are very important for some sports.
Just my thoughts and I'm no expert!
For further reading, get "Outliers" or "Talent is Overrated," which is more about using these theories for competition in business.
The 10,000 hour theory has been around a while, but as far as I'm aware, the first book it appeared in was Daniel Levitin's "Your Brain on Music." http://tinyurl.com/csxe7x
Though the luck you have is random, the amount you have is variable, and - to fill a nice slot in this theory - is affected by you doing your 10,000 hours. Here's what I mean:
If you sit on your arse (in UK) or ass (in US) all day, sipping beer and watching daytime TV, you will not have much luck. Sure, the man/woman of your dreams may accidentally knock at your door looking for directions, or you may get a call from the 'random million dollar lottery people' but it's unlikely.
However, if you are out there doing stuff, looking through magazines and papers for things, in and out of shops, doing study courses, visiting places of relevance to you, you massively increase the chance of meeting the man/woman of your dreams, but also the guy who's selling a van that you need, or running a course that you want to do, or wants to buy your old guitar, or looking for a new band member, etc. Then everyone else says 'you're so lucky' and you quote Ford and say 'it seems that the harder I work, the more luck I have'.
Got a bit rambly there, but do you get my point? By doing something interesting with your life, you are developing the talent as stated already, but you're also increasing your chance of getting the lucky break anyway.
I'm done.
LeonieB
cybergoth girlie
Either way, I'm fascinated.