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35. David Epstein Knows Something About Almost Everything

People I (Mostly) Admire

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The Ten Thousand Hours Mantre Is Way Too Simple

The most popular conception is that there's no such thing as talent. It takes ten thousand hours of so called deliberate practice to become an expert in anything. In some ways, your first book was a 300 page debunking of the ten thousand hours argument. You just are yourself and you pursue it if it's interesting and exciting to you. I guess i'm pretty good about avoiding some cost elsie a little bit.

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