The rare people who do become truly exceptional at something do so not because they believe they’re exceptional. On the contrary, they become amazing because they’re obsessed with improvement. And that obsession with improvement stems from an unerring belief that they are, in fact, not that great at all. It’s anti-entitlement. People who become gre

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run across a lot of people who are playing the “I’m the worst/most hopeless/most unworthy person in the world” game. It is exceedingly hard to be the best; most of us gave up the hope of being the best long ago, although we didn’t stop competing. What many competitors found is that the position of the worst seems available—and egocentricity, the il

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