How do professionals get better at what they do? How do they get great?
Atul Gawande has studied this question with a surgeon's precision. He shares what he's found to be the key: Having a good coach to provide a more accurate picture of our reality, to instill positive habits of thinking, and to break our actions down and then help us build them back up again.
You are never done learning and evolving. Everybody needs a coach. The greatest in the world needs a coach. Coaches are your external eyes and ears, providing a more accurate picture of your reality.
When you’re on your own, you don’t recognize the issues that are standing on your way, or if you do, you don’t necessarily know how to fix them. The result is that somewhere along the way, you stop improving.
It’s not just how good you are now; it’s how good you’re going to be that really matters.
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