Why Life Is Better When You’re a Little Bad at Everything, According to Someone Who Used to Be Good at Everything

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Is specializing the key to success? Or can you be a generalist? One athlete who's done both explains what doing well really looks like. The post Why Life Is Better When You’re a Little Bad at Everything, According to Someone Who Used to Be Good at Everything appeared first on Outside Online.

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