Sentence examples for to become exceptional from inspiring English sources

He was inspired partly by the 10,000-hour rule popularized by the writer Malcolm Gladwell, which says that an extreme amount of practice is required to become exceptional in a cognitively demanding pursuit.

The only way up in today's American Dream is to put in the work on your own account to become exceptional, or be left behind.

For Butterfield, the Scientific Revolution was a watershed event on the scale of total human history, an event that, somewhat ironically and somewhat like Christianity according to its believers, enabled the sciences, to some degree, to escape from history and thereby to become exceptional among human endeavors.

Some schools excel in teaching experienced riders how to become exceptional riders.

The popular appeal of the U.S. Amateur Championship has been seriously weakened by departures to the professional ranks, however, and it has become exceptional for an Amateur champion to resist the lure of tournament money.

Toward the end of the season, the coaching staff in Harrisburg, realizing that Perez's numbers against left-handed hitters had become exceptional, suggested that he consider becoming a left-handed specialist, a short reliever used primarily to retire left-handed hitters.

Little did Jack know that I would use his question as an opportunity to translate something he understands - hockey - into something he does not: the lessons I tend to draw upon in my work helping public servants become exceptional leaders.

Being uncontactable has become exceptional, outlandish, a brand of luxury and distinction – or, depending on your perspective, a source of escalating anxiety in itself.

The media blitz, which has become exceptional about Ayatollah Khameneni's health, raises several questions such as what political, social, or economic changes might occur if Iran's Supreme Leader dies?

The traditional use of prior academic achievement for medical student selection has been challenged in recent decades on the basis that it unfairly advantaged students from higher socio-economic backgrounds and excluded many students who would likely become exceptional medical practitioners [ 1, 2].

This is a terrible time to be the average Palestinian, and so it is a golden time to become an exceptional one.