Repetition beats starting talent in most cases (this may not always apply to athletics).

Put two people against each other, Person A with 30% more talent (you define talent) than Person B. Person A uses his talent for a month and trails off to hardly developing it. Person B, on the other hand, trains and practices his talent daily (even for 30 minutes). Person B in most cases comes out on the other end with a higher performance threshold because he developed his craft and trained daily. The difference becomes more profound with time.

This is what causes onlookers to say that the professionals “make it look easy.” They got their reps in and put in relatively less effort to generate significant results.

◼️ A marathoner can run at a much faster pace with a much lower heart rate than someone who just started running.

◼️A professional race car driver can get up to speed nearly immediately on a new track because she has experienced similar corners in her database of experiences. A new driver would take years.

◼️Warren Buffet can read 500 pages a day effortlessly because he has been doing it for half a century.

Raising your threshold is very similar to compounding in finance, where time invested is more impactful than the initial investment itself. The longer your talent compounds, the higher your threshold for pain, pressure and yes, performance.

The best time to invest is yesterday, and the best time to use your gift is yesterday. Get started. Don’t look around. Let your gifts compound.

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