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Nov 2020
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#2: So Good They Can't Ignore You - Cal ...

Vinh Giang and Ali Terai
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Send a text In this episode Vinh and Ali explore Cal Newport’s book So Good They Can’t Ignore You. Is encouraging someone to pursue their passion bad advice?Does Mastery lead to passion or does passion lead to mastery?How to achieve mastery.The importance of autonomy, competence and relatedness. Using passion to get started and mastery to keep going.Chronic ... Show More
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