The Balancing Act of Talent and Environment

Matthew Syed is a journalist, author and former champion table tennis player.

To master anything, you have to put in the time. But what are the key mindset principles that all resilient, high performers have?

Expect to learn how people can learn more effectively from failure, the skill you need to develop to overcome the fear of risk, whether the 10,000 hours rule is the actual key to mastery, Matthew's new theory on why the modern generations are struggling so much and much more...

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