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The Fiction of Relationship (free course)

This one just began.

So, my current passion are MOOCs (massive online open courses). And my huge passion is Coursera, which gathered some of the best universities out there and had their wonderful professors teach all sorts of topics – for free.

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Dimineața asta

M-am trezit ca bătută. Cred că n-ar trebui să scriu despre Marquez la 3 noaptea. Nu de alta, dar când mă scol dimineața cu soarele-n ochi și cu păsărele în urechi nici cea mai groasă plapumă din lume nu mă apără cum trebuie de lumină și sunet.

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Why the 10,000-Hour Rule is wrong

You’ve probably heard it: in order to attain true success in a given field, you need to spend roughly 10,000 hours practicing in that given field. If you’ve googled it, like I have, you will know that the principle comes from Malcolm Gladwell’s book „Outliers: The Story of Success”. This article isn’t about that book as a whole. It’s about the Rule as a meme.

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