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The Reward of Tiny Breakthroughs
Life would be unsatisfying if progress was linear
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John Durrant
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The Four Horses
Penetrating to the marrow of practice
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John Durrant
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Ordinary Masterclasses
A conversational forum applying the ASPIRE Mastery Framework
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John Durrant
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Ritual and Connection
Mastering connection when we are all adrift
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John Durrant
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October 2023
The Quintessence of Ordinary Mastery
Pride in one's work and utmost care for the customer experience
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John Durrant
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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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John Durrant
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June 2023
Uber-Practice
A generative and reflective practice, foundational within an ecology of practices.
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John Durrant
Mastering Goals
It's not just the goal, it's your relationship with the goal that matters
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John Durrant
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May 2023
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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John Durrant
7
April 2023
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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John Durrant
Aspirations
Discovering our calling in life and unfolding to our potential
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John Durrant
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