Zymergen Co-Founder and CEO Joshua Hoffman discusses an “extreme version” of the growth mindset: Don’t just expect to be challenged. Put yourself in situations where you know you’ll perform poorly so you can develop those skills. He shares the example of choosing a previous job in San Francisco instead of Johannesburg, South Africa, because he had already worked in Uganda.

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