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    #213: Developing Skills

    September 24th, 2024 · 67 minutes

    David & Mike discuss deliberate practice and the art of skill development — for both fun and profit.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Relay for St. Jude
    LifeHQ | Practical PKM
    So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport
    The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
    Peak by Anders Ericsson
    Plotter USA
    The Ugmonk Pen
    Kuru Toga
    Storyworthy by Matthew Dicks
    Of Boys and Men by Richard Reeves