The Man Who Can Fly a Bike With Wings

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A philanthropist in london wants to accelerate the journey of human powered flight. He sets a 50,000 pound prize for the first person who can take a plane go figur eight around these big poles. For 17 years, he watches that just teams fail at it. The only team he has we he doesn't have a team. They try the how we how can we figure this out? And as they're staring at the problem, it occurs to mccready that everybody is trying to solve the wrong problem. We've got to make it cheap to fail. We're goin to make it Cheap to learn.

Anna McKeown joins Greg for a candid conversation on identifying your unique strengths and recognizing innate impulses as gifts meant to be awakened and developed. They discuss embracing what can be perceived as weakness, as well as creating a culture of resilience and the courage to allow for failure. They talk about the value and importance of applying these insights for ourselves and as parents to our children.

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Hosted by Greg McKeown
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Executive Produced by Greg McKeown, Avi Gandhi, Brent Montgomery, and Ed Simpson
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