SIX at 6: What You’re Made For, John Lennon’s Tea, The Mundanity of Excellence, A Seminal Event, The Common Denominator, and Bob Knight’s Advice - Billy Oppenheimer
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SIX at 6: What You’re Made For, John Lennon’s Tea, The Mundanity of Excellence, A Seminal Event, The Common Denominator, and Bob Knight’s Advice - Billy Oppenheimer
“If you want something you’ve never had before, you have to do something you’ve never done before.” If you want something many people want—to be a starting player, a go-to music producer, a regular on The Tonight Show, a gold medalist, a high achieving life underwriter—you have to do what many people won’t.
Billy Oppenheimer • SIX at 6: What You’re Made For, John Lennon’s Tea, The Mundanity of Excellence, A Seminal Event, The Common Denominator, and Bob Knight’s Advice - Billy Oppenheimer
In the 1980s, the sociologist Daniel Chambliss spent 5 years studying swimmers at every level of ability. In 1989, he published his research in a paper, “The Mundanity of Excellence.” Essentially, Chambliss found that Olympic champions don’t train more than the average swimmer. Instead, they train differently. In particular, they do “what others se... See more
Billy Oppenheimer • SIX at 6: What You’re Made For, John Lennon’s Tea, The Mundanity of Excellence, A Seminal Event, The Common Denominator, and Bob Knight’s Advice - Billy Oppenheimer
find something that’s under-appreciated, not being addressed, or being overlooked, and get really good at it...If you become the foremost expert at something, you make yourself indispensable.