In book 'The Real Work,' New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik reflects on what it means to master something
Adam Gopnik attempts new skills including drawing, baking and boxing, and ponders what the experiences teach him.
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Adam Gopnik attempts new skills including drawing, baking and boxing, and ponders what the experiences teach him.
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In “The Real Work,” the longtime New Yorker staff writer dissects the process of mastering new skills by acquiring some himself.
Former WBUR Morning Edition host Bob Oakes interviews New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik about his book, “The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery," where he investigates a foundational human question: how do we learn—and master—a new skill? They will discuss why people seek to better themselves and how true mastery, in any field, requires mastering other people’s minds
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