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35. David Epstein Knows Something About Almost Everything

People I (Mostly) Admire

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The Things That Give You the Fastest Progress in the Short Term Can Actually Subminate Your Long Term Development

After college, i spent two years as a management consultant. It was the first time i really had to think. I went from being the worst kind of student, just caring about grades, to the best. Most people doing peage dees don't study what interests them. They study what other people think they should be interested in. And for me, i realize i just couldn't function like that. I needed to really care about what i was doing.

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