The Smart Trap: Why Talent is Overrated and Praise Can Be Dangerous – Lesson 3

We all have a specific image in our heads when we think of a “Genius.” Picture Thomas Edison inventing the lightbulb. You probably imagine a lonely person, late at night in a dirty room, working alone until—flash!—a sudden moment of smarts changes the world. It is a nice image. It is also completely false. The…

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