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Transformative Principal

Derek Sivers

Having a Focus on Something Real Is Good for Your Son

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Any interest that a kid has is good. Like the mastery path to anything is great. When someone gets so into something, they should be encouraged to master it. Ik to help them see that they can become one of the best in the world if they focus and deliberately practise at that thing. And i think all in all, it's like helping them to take it serious lyriht. I was practising six hours a day, doing these deep finger exercises and every day looking for ways to improve as a guitar st. That led me to reading books on business to understand how i could make money doing my music,. Because i really wanted to be a successful musician doing nothing but music.

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