Insight (1995)

Born Or Made (2014x23)

: 21, 2014

With the right kind of training, you can basically do incredible things. – Anders Ericsson He calls it "The Dan Plan". A few years ago, at age 30, Dan McLaughlin quit his full-time job to pursue the unlikeliest of goals: to become a professional elite golfer competing alongside the world’s best. This is despite the fact that he’d only ever played a couple of rounds of golf. It’s all part of Dan’s dedication to the so-called "10,000 Hour Rule" – the idea that anyone can become an expert in anything if they simply complete 10,000 hours of dedicated practice. A few years in, Dan is about half way through his training program, and his handicap now puts him in the top four per cent of golfers in the United States. Can he make it all the way? This week, Insight asks if people are born with talent, or if there is untapped potential in all of us.