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The Hard Truth About Psychology, Learning New Skills, & Making Mistakes with Dr. Art Markman & Dr. Bob Duke

The Science of Success

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Will This Be on the Exam?

Bob Greene: James Dyson learned a lot of stuff about sawmills without regard for why it might be valuable later. We live in an era educationally in which we are told what to learn, he says. The problem is that when you look at the life stories of successful people, they avoid experiences that don't seem to fit the narrative," Greene says.

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