But probably not even Warren Buffett can teach you to be the next Warren Buffett. That kind of extraordinary success is extraordinary because no one has yet figured out how to teach it reliably.
A nice example: this review of Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In, on Slate. The author complains that the book's advice on how to succeed in business is vague, contradictory, and unhelpful. And now we know why.
Today's post, Unteachable Excellence was originally published on 02 March 2009. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):
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