5 tips to become a long-term thinker and avoid being discouraged by short-term setbacks

Deciding what you want to be good atin life can help you become a long-term thinker.
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Dorie Clark is a consultant who teaches education at Duke University and Columbia University.
She says in order to excel at one thing in the long term, you have to accept you'll be bad at other things.Playing the long game also means building relationships, Clark says, by focusing on friendships instead of asking for favors.
Dorie Clark is a consultant and keynote speaker who teaches executi