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Life would be unsatisfying if progress was linear
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The Four Horses
Penetrating to the marrow of practice
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A conversational forum applying the ASPIRE Mastery Framework
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Cognitive Load Theory
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Mastering the Art of Sucking at Something
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Mastering Disappointment
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Ritual and Connection
Mastering connection when we are all adrift
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The Quintessence of Ordinary Mastery
Pride in one's work and utmost care for the customer experience
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Mastering Disappointment
When our expectations awaken to crude reality. Some thoughts towards approaching the universal experience of disappointment with an attitude of mastery.
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Uber-Practice
A generative and reflective practice, foundational within an ecology of practices.
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Mastering Goals
It's not just the goal, it's your relationship with the goal that matters
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Mastering the Art of Sucking at Something
Getting used to embracing the suck with the beginner's mind
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Cognitive Load Theory
Understanding the limits to our mental processing capacity to design more effective systems of learning, practice and working.
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Mastery Haikus: Experimenting with Constraints in the Creative Process
Some poetic fun, expressing mastery within the constraints of the Japanese Haiku
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Aspirations
Discovering our calling in life and unfolding to our potential
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We can all embrace mastery in our pastimes, vocations and our ordinary lives. In this newsletter, I am exploring ideas, concepts, philosophies, and strategies for living life with an attitude of mastery.
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