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Ep. 39: DAVID EPSTEIN on Skills, Practice, and the Subtle Art of Cultivating a Meaningful Career

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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The X Factor Hears, What Talent Um That's?

Gladwell: I'm conflating the idea that a lot of practice is necessary to be greade at something, with the idea that that implies a narrow specialization as early as possible. And i think that brings us on to very common ground, yes, and and, so what is this factor? When you get the more kindly demanding tasks, you can see more variants in the training. So the x factor hears, what talent um that's? That's certainly what a lot of psychologists would suggest. But it does seem to be something that isn't changing with practice in that area.

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