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Adam Gopnik: The Joy of Getting Good at Something Hard

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

CHAPTER

The Paradox of Being a Master Actor

There's almost nothing that feels as good as being able to do something really well. One of the few things better than that is being able toDo it even better. That is the thing we do best in a weird way often gives us least satisfaction. The difference between in a performance when I feel I've only been able to do 80 or 90% of what I'm capable of, that doesn't feel as bad as if I've done 97%.

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