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Autodidacts need role models

Autodidacts need role models

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Sam Rinko
Dec 16, 2024
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Autodidacts need readers they can look up to.

People who have lived an intellectual life outside of school, mastered some skill or subject on their own, or flouted conventional paths to achieve greatness in their field.

Why?

Because role models give you something to shoot for.

They inspire you.

The fastest route to behavior change, after all, is to find …

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