All that buildup for some Tony Robbins flapdoodle? Here's a classic article touching on similar topics:
"Before he was two years old, it is said, Wayne Gretzky watched hockey games on television, enraptured, and slid his stockinged feet on the linoleum in imitation of the players, then cried when the game was over, because he could not understand how something so sublime should have to come to an end. This was long before Gretzky was any good at the game itself, or was skilled in any of its aspects[...] But what he had was what the physical genius must have before any of the other layers of expertise fall into place: he had stumbled onto the one thing that, on some profound aesthetic level, made him happy."
I think it has something to say about living near a startup hub, why the great hackers of the past are different than the ones of the present, and maybe even the future of tech startups.
I read Tony Robbin's book(s) and frankly I think he doesn't know too much about the science part of things he talks about. Nevertheless, even dubious reinforcement can be helpful. I kind of needed it, so thanks.
"Before he was two years old, it is said, Wayne Gretzky watched hockey games on television, enraptured, and slid his stockinged feet on the linoleum in imitation of the players, then cried when the game was over, because he could not understand how something so sublime should have to come to an end. This was long before Gretzky was any good at the game itself, or was skilled in any of its aspects[...] But what he had was what the physical genius must have before any of the other layers of expertise fall into place: he had stumbled onto the one thing that, on some profound aesthetic level, made him happy."
-- From The Physical Genius, by Malcolm Gladwell: http://www.gladwell.com/1999/1999_08_02_a_genius.htm