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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Even if your chosen expert can walk you through their route, when you ask for directions on yours, you’ll run into a second challenge. You don’t share the same strengths and weaknesses—their hills and valleys aren’t the same as yours. You might be heading for the same destination, but you’re starting far from their position.
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get a lot farther by being a self-starter.
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But before you can speed up, you have to slow down.
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The coach effect captures how we can marshal motivation by offering the encouragement to others that we need for ourselves.
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We grow by embracing our shortcomings, not by punishing them. Make it feel wrong.
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In 1999, Maurice became the first African American chess grandmaster ever.
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One parent told him that when she saw her son play chess, she realized she hadn’t believed in him.
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People judge your potential from your best moments, not your worst. What if you gave yourself the same grace?
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playing only to your strengths deprives you of the opportunity to improve on your weaknesses.
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Teaching others can build our competence. But it’s coaching others that elevates our confidence.
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