John Donahoe: Dump the Myth of the High Achiever

A gifted young baseball player played Little League through college ball, hitting an average of nine out of 10 pitches. [But] hitting .900 in the Major League is impossible. The best baseball players […] miss two out of three swings. They sometimes strike out in a crucial moment, drop balls, make bad plays, and disappoint their fans.

The difference […] is that world-class baseball players wake up every game day ready to swing the bat.

Source: John Donahoe: Dump the Myth of the High Achiever | Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Howard Chen
Vice Chair for Artificial Intelligence at Cleveland Clinic Diagnostics Institute
Howard is passionate about making diagnostic tests more accurate, expedient, and affordable through disciplined implementation of advanced technology. He previously served as Chief Informatics Officer for Imaging, where he led teams deploying and unifying radiology applications and AI in a multi-state, multi-hospital environment. Blog opinions are his own and in no way reflect those of the employer.

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