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#42 Atul Gawande: The Path to Perpetual Progress

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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Coaches and Mentors - What's the Difference?

Coaches offer you an external version of your reality. They also work with you to set a goal. What do you want to work on? What what are your goals? So, for example, the tennis player hires the coach. You have a coach to work with around your particular gaps and what you want to aim for. Now, the coach may bring some teaching. Let me model for you how to really make this shot, or let me suggest to you where you should move your feet, and that kind of thing. Or in the operating room, it's teaching. I'm such a perfectionist i've a hard time giving a trainee any rope,. which i'm sure makes

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