Best of: Adam Gopnik talks masters and mastery
Adam Gopnik is the author of "The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery." Photo by Brigitte Lancombe
The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery is — by the author's own description — “a self-help book that won’t help.” The publisher advises booksellers to put it not in the self-help section, but in the psychology section, where it shares space with titles about overcoming anxiety and managing one’s ADD.
To talk about what that means, how he thinks about the concept of mastery, and more, The 21st Show was joined by the book's author, Adam Gopnik.
This conversation originally aired June 15, 2023
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Adam Gopnik
Author, The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery | Staff writer, The New Yorker
Our thanks to @92ndStreetY, @Gladwell, and @adamgopnik for a terrific kickoff event last night for Adam's new book THE REAL WORK, in stores today! https://t.co/OGf8aTjOkr pic.twitter.com/Zhi3nyTUvx
— Liveright Books (@LiverightPub) March 14, 2023
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