"Forty-Eleven Simple Steps to Success" or "Why We Rarely Get Better at Anything"


        Here is my experience: I have read countless articles and books which promote themselves simply enough. X number of steps to __________________ (fill this blank with whatever ails or inspires you). I have attended seminars which outline in their one-page pitch that participants will learn to _______________ through A, B & C. Looking back, I am not sure any of these promoted paths enabled me to reach my intended destination. Now, I realize that I don’t necessarily have the right to shoot the messenger and that the other common denominator in all those experiences has been “yours truly”. However, I wonder if some of the reason why the simple steps to success rarely lead us there has something to do with how we really grow, learn and d...

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