There is a theory that if a person completes ten thousand diligent hours perfecting a specific skill, that they can then be deemed to be an expert in that area. So it would seem that working hard and putting the hours can lead to success, where does this leave natural talent? Which comes out on top; Nature or Nurture?

To find out the answer to this question, David Epstein author of “The Sports Gene” joined Jonathan on Futureproof, covering everything from the origin of the ten thousand hours theory to the warrior/worrier gene. Epstein corrects many false stories in his book, you can listen back below…

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