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“I am a firm believer in luck and the harder I work the more I have of it.” - Thomas Jefferson

This book makes a case that talent is something else besides the nature and nurture stuff. Author based on his field research says that there are three ingredient’s to talent which are Deep Practice Ignition Master Coaching Deep practice involves struggling in a targeted way so that the learning happens at an accelerated pace. It is not usual “practice, practice , practice” mantra BUT one needs to stretch to reach a specific target and keep learning in the process.

“Good or bad, moral or immoral, people are going to make markets and trade via computers, and this is a natural area of financial engineers,” -Emanuel Derman

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