Opher Brayer’s Blog

I read Tom Peters’ post concerning Talent and was very touched by it. Lately it seems to me that more and more people are discovering what is really behind Talent. Amongst other things, Peters talks about Marcus Buckingham’s book: “Now Discover Your Strenghts”.

According to Buckingham, practice, no matter how much, is not effective if the individual does not have a “natural propensity” towards a certain area. With all due respect, I do not agree with him. My life experience in building up the talent of hundreds and maybe thousands of students, according to which I developed my method, taught me that there are definitely leading principles to the daily practicing, by the individual and through which it is possible to instruct him and to avail him “multidisciplinary talent” abilities, even if he does not possess a” natural propensity” towards a certain area.

I definitely believe in the article “What it takes to be great” to which Peters directs us and which was printed in Fortune magazine on last 30th of October:

“The lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success …It all comes down to practice and hard work.”

I couldn’t agree more!

The method I developed organizes in a practical and theoretical framework the knowledge I have amassed in the tens of years I have been a teacher and mentor. It provides the student with tools and other materials which are passed on by intermediary studies. I am positive that it is possible through proper exercise and controlled experiences, to influence the brain in such a way that will transform every person training in the method, into a gifted multidisciplinary person.

What do you think?

Opher