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Becoming A Genius: 3 Stages of Creative Expertise

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Becoming A Genius: 3 Stages of Creative Expertise

How László Polgár and his wife Klara used László's theory of creative genius to turn his three daughters into world champions chess players

Larry G. Maguire
May 1, 2022
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Hungarian psychologist László Polgár made quite a unique marriage proposal to his long-distance girlfriend Klara, a language teacher from Ukraine. During their early courtship, he wrote to Klara telling her that using his education and training methods, he could turn any child from any background into a genius in any domain of expertise. But there was o…

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