Lena and Jackson cut through the tech-bro hype to explore what real excellence looks like - from ancient monk wisdom to modern research on expertise, revealing the unglamorous truth about mastery.
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Excellence isn't a mysterious gift; it's a system of deliberate practice that requires about ten years of focused, often uncomfortable effort to reach world-class levels.
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What does it mean to be excellent. What does that look like and make it applicable.
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Lena
Jackson
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Создано выпускниками Колумбийского университета в Сан-Франциско
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