Why Honest People Have an Easier Life (Even When It’s Hard)
Honesty has a reputation for being the harder path. Telling the truth can mean disappointing someone, admitting a mistake, or saying something uncomfortable out loud instead of letting it stay unsaid. But zoom out over months and years, and a strange…
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The 10,000-Hour Rule: What It Actually Got Right (and Wrong) About Mastery
Few ideas about skill and success have spread as far as the “10,000-hour rule.” It’s been used to justify everything from childhood music lessons to career pivots to the belief that anyone can become a world-class expert with enough…
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The 4-Word Philosophy That Guided a Career
Most career advice comes in paragraphs. This one came in four words, repeated so often over the years that they stopped sounding like advice and started sounding like instinct: “Do the next thing.” Not “have a five-year plan.” Not…
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