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Ep. 227: Visions of the Deep Life?

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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High School Superstar

High School Superstar is a book I wrote in 2009. It's what if Malcolm Gladwell wrote a college admissions guide? As you build rare and valuable skills, you acquire more of this metaphorical material or substance I call career capital. Rare and valuable skills are different than high school level impressiveness. The aggregate drag of lots of things that aren't quite right can really kill even like a really popular company.

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