10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Ludwig van Beethoven
How Ludwig van Beethoven composed his largest works after going deaf, decoded through Yu-kai Chou's 10,000 Hours of…
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10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin co-founded Google by putting the work before the structure. The 10,000 Hours of Play framework decodes…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton failed to cross Antarctica. He then ran one of history's great survival operations and brought all…
Situational Leadership: S-Tier Behavioral Designer’s Guide
Every leadership development program promises to make you a better leader. Most of them are wrong about the…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Jim Henson
How Jim Henson turned puppetry into a global creative empire, decoded through Yu-kai Chou's 10,000 Hours of Play…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin gamified his own character with a 13-virtue scorecard, then ran the same playbook on a printing…
10,000 Hours of Play by OP Hero: Stephen Hawking
Diagnosed at 21 and given two years to live, Stephen Hawking played on for 55 more. His legendary…