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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Alexander's Theorem of Professional Exceptionalism

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

And why Creatives might have the opposite problem


Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 19 books and a long-time entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher.

You can find out more about Seth by reading his daily blog at seths.blog and about the workshops at akimbo.com .

To submit a question and to see the show notes, please visit akimbo.link and press the appropriate button.





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0:00.0

According to one recent study, more than 90% of all drivers said that they were better than average.

0:09.0

This is the Dunning-Kuger effect times 10, because it's not stupid people who feel like they're better than average.

0:17.2

It's all of us.

0:18.6

Hey, it's Seth.

0:21.0

And this is a Kimbo.

0:24.0

We'll be back in a second to talk about surgeons and you,

0:32.0

but first, here's a message from our sponsor.

0:35.8

Hey, it's Seth, are you ready to turn pro? The Creative Workshop is back. It's back because it works. It's our most engaged

0:47.6

akimbo workshop. It's a workshop for people who have something to say, to write, to paint, to communicate.

0:54.0

People who want to be creative.

0:56.7

Come find the others, learn what it means to see and be seen.

1:02.4

When you're serious about your work and you're ready to take it to the next level,

1:06.7

the Creative Workshop is here to help. I hope you'll check it out.

1:10.0

It's at the Creatives Workshop.com. We'll see you there.

1:15.6

If you talk to a surgeon or a therapist about whether they are better than average, or even more interestingly whether their peers think

1:26.0

that they are better than average you might have the experience I had when I

1:31.0

was talking to my favorite surgeon. He said, no, no, no, no, all surgeons think not

1:38.0

only are they better than average, they're probably among the very best ones.

1:43.8

That 90% is conservative when we think about the idea

1:48.9

that a surgeon or even a therapist might think

1:52.4

that they're better. Why is that? Well, the blogger

1:56.2

Scott Alexander broke it down into seven causes. I want to share a few of them

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