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How to Become Great at Just About Anything (Rebroadcast)

Dec 29, 2016 · 50m

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What if the thing we call "talent" is grotesquely overrated? And what if deliberate practice is the secret to excellence? Those are the claims of the research psychologist Anders Ericsson, who has been studying the science of expertise for decades. He tells us everything he's learned.