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Aces Basketball…
On A Friday Night… Great pizza ahead of time, then the game. 40th sold-out arena in a row. Stunningly frustrating game. The Aces have maybe, by a distance, the best team in the WNBA on sheer talent of every player. They have four of the Olympic team. But since they won the second straight championship in 2023, they flat seem to have forgotten how to win. (Or flat don’t care which worries me more than anything.) Tonight they were playing the Storm from Seattle, a good team, sure, but no where near the level of talent of the Aces. And it showed. At one point at the start of the…
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The Myth of Talent
Maybe One of the Most Deadly of All Myths… Talent is a measure of skill at a certain moment in time. So many writers use talent as an excuse to not do something. That excuse comes in a ton of different forms. “I already know that, so I don’t have to learn more.” “I’m not talented at doing (blank), so not going to try that.” “Dean and Kris can do this, but I can’t.” And on and on and on. Basically this talent myth grows out of fear, out of laziness, out of a person’s past. Using the talent myth in either direction will stop you, hold you back, and…