Derek Thompson

Today's guest, Brad Stolberg, calls it excellence.

And that excellence is the subject of today's show.

I'm Derek Thompson.

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Brad Stolberg, welcome to the show.

Derek, it's a pleasure to be here.

It's great to see you.

So why don't you tell people who do not know you who you are and what you do?

Your new book is The Way of Excellence, and you're arguing against two cultural forces here.

One cultural force you're arguing against is alienation, and the other is pseudo excellence.

So let's talk about each of these enemies of your current project.