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Apr 2019
5m 33s

There's No Actual Skill Called Business

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There's no actual skill called business. Avoid business schools and magazines.

• There's no actual skill called business 0:00

• Doing is faster than watching 0:55

• The number of "doing" iterations drives the learning curve 2:49

• If you're willing to bleed a little every day, you may win big later 3:53

Transcript: http://nav.al/skill-business

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