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Accelerating expertise and financial literacy with Melody Hobson
TLDR Melody Hobson accelerated her expertise by learning fast and deeply, focusing on mentorship and deep study. She also emphasized the importance of sharing her financial expertise to help underprivileged communities, founding a school with real investment portfolios and teaching investment seminars.
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Join AI Day on February 27th to accelerate and amplify your team's work with practical AI activities and experiments, challenging the conventional 10,000 hours rule for expertise.
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Melody Hobson has accelerated past the 10,000-hour rule by learning fast and deeply, committing to thoughtful execution and gaining expertise efficiently.
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Melody Hobson quickly gained business experience by excelling in various roles at a Chicago clothing boutique, leading to opportunities like choosing between Princeton and Harvard for college.
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Melody Hobson learned the importance of finding accelerants for learning, focusing on mentorship and deep study to accelerate her expertise.
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Melody Hobson focused on learning by observing, replicating, and innovating on her mentor's answers to accelerate her development, eventually realizing the importance of sharing her financial expertise to help others, especially those facing the racial wealth gap.
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Melody Hobson focused on accelerating financial literacy for underprivileged communities by teaching investment seminars and founding a school with real investment portfolios for students.
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Melody Hobson received valuable advice from Diane Sawyer and Senator Bill Bradley, leveraging her expertise to educate the public on financial literacy.
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Melody Hobson emphasizes the importance of being a question-first learner and leveraging tough love advice to build relationships and accelerate learning.
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Melody Hobson's initiative, Ariel alternatives, aims to scale sustainable minority businesses by connecting them with both capital and customers, creating a virtual circle to generate business demand and address the wealth gap in the country.
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Pushing to speed up the pace of learning without skipping past assumptions is crucial for entrepreneurs to learn quickly and deeply, making it a victory each time someone accepts the challenge.
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