I think hard work can at least get you to the top in most sports. I couldn't be a professional basketball player, or don't have the right physique for it. Or maybe i could, i'm not sure, but i think it would be a silly bet for me to make. One other example that comes to mind is i've spent most of my career in start ups. Just the sheer mental fortitude to persevere through all the peaks and valleys of building a company over the long term. It's easy to just write it off as, oh, i could do this really easily in a couple of years. At the end of the day, when i see the people who
With 7 billion people on Earth, it's incredibly hard to be at the absolute top of any field. In this episode, Steph and Calvin discuss what they learned from their brief stints of being "world-class" in chess and golf, respectively. They also dive into the 10,000-hour rule, mastering skills in adulthood, and managing your psychology along the way.