How did you become as good as the likes of Kobe Bryant in your career, what helped you and how did you focus?

So, I was looking at the stories of Kobe Bryant and as a student, ready for the job market, I would like to know if there are people like him in banking on this platform. If so, how did you get that good, discipline is of course necessary, but I will like to know how you were able to build the right focus and direction.

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https://hbr.org/2019/03/the-feedback-fallacy</a">This is a great article that touches on the issue of excellence and how to achieve it. Basically, double down on things you do well by asking for feedback from others. Do not spend too much time trying to attain excellence in areas where you have shortcomings.

"There’s a story about how legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry turned around his struggling team. While the other teams were reviewing missed tackles and dropped balls, Landry instead combed through footage of previous games and created for each player a highlight reel of when he had done something easily, naturally, and effectively. Landry reasoned that while the number of wrong ways to do something was infinite, the number of right ways, for any particular player, was not. It was knowable, and the best way to discover it was to look at plays where that person had done it excellently. From now on, he told each team member, “we only replay your winning plays.”"

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