Proof You Can Do Hard Things

Nat Eliasonblog.nateliason.comWritten 3 min read

Eliason argues the real reason to take hard classes like calculus is to prove to yourself you can do hard things, since that track record shapes how capable you feel when new challenges arrive.

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