"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself."
Matthew Syed is a columnist for The Times, an acclaimed author and a former Olympian. He competed and was the English number one table tennis player for many years. Syed is a three-time men's singles champion at the Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships, and also competed for Great Britain in two Olympic Games.
During his sporting career, Syed entered journalism, and later became a writer. He has worked for The Times newspaper since 1999, and has published seven books: Bounce in 2010, Black Box Thinking in 2015, The Greatest in 2017, You Are Awesome in 2018, Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking in 2019, Dare to be You in 2020, and What Do YOU Think? in 2022.
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