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Ep. 39: DAVID EPSTEIN on Skills, Practice, and the Subtle Art of Cultivating a Meaningful Career
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
Is It a Firmy Estimation?
Andias: I see fairly frequently something that's not right about me on the internet. And you now, there's o little consequence. So i feel like we need to know what "firmmy estimation" is. firmy estimation is a named for enrico firmy, who led the first sustained nuclear vision reaction under the football stands at the university of chicago. He had this habit of trying to do sort of back of the envelope calculations to see if they were sensible or what kind of project he should tackle. For example, how many piano tuners are in york city? You can get a good idea by breaking it down into lots of different chunks and then none
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