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What Is the Magic of Teaching

If you want to be a good teacher, then by definition it means that some people are not going to understand what you have to teach. Instead of optimizing for quick and easy, you should optimize for giving your students something to learn.

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Interview: Seth Godin on Achieving Greatness ·

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  1. What Is the "10,000 Hour Rule" and Is It CredibleThere is this idea that working 10,000 hours on something makes one an expert in that particular area.
  2. What Is Emotional Labor and What Are Its BenefitsEmotional labor is the mental work on has to do for the job at hand.
  3. How Can I Learn to Persevere and WinPeer pressure. When the going gets tough, many people quit because they do not have the support structure to encourage them to succeed.
  4. How Can Business Leaders Find Peer Pressure to Stand Out in LifeSociety puts a lot of pressure on people to fit in, not to stand out.
  5. How Can One Turn a Failure Into a SuccessKeep trying. Get creative, and iterate. You don't get good at something overnight. Seth got really good at writing by doing it over and over again.
  6. How Easy It Is to Make a Successful PodcastSeth knows that podcasts are hard and breaking out to be a hit is extremely hard, that is why he comes on occasional shows to support the creators and to…
  7. How Do You Get LuckyAt one point, Seth had been on a verge of bankruptcy for nearly five years and pulled through. But plenty founders don't. How do you get so lucky?
  8. How Did It Feel to Finally Get Out of the DipIn 1998, after lots of dips in the business, and a failed attempt at selling the company, Seth finally sold Yoyodyne to Yahoo! for a reported $30m dollars.
  9. Can People Be ChangedIt is nearly impossible to change people who are not enrolled in the journey. People who do not want to learn cannot be taught.

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