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S8, Ep3 How to Fail: Matthew Syed

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

CHAPTER

The Power of Self-Recrimination

I was a genuinely good player, you know, with a lot of finesse. But if your hand shakes, think about how difficult it is to connect with a ball traveling at 60 miles an hour. You just can't do it. And so the meltdown was dramatic. I was a bit ashamed. After that two week, very low period, the growth mindset kicked in and helped me a lot. It's the 18 year old teaching himself from textbooks again.

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