Archive - Ordinary Mastery

Mastery, by George Leonard

Notes and highlights from the book which inspired the Ordinary Mastery project

Jan 16, 2024 •

Cognitive Load Theory

Understanding the limits to our mental processing capacity to design more effective systems of learning, practice and working.

May 3, 2023 •

Always Have a Project

A container for reflection, experimentation, and momentum

Dec 15, 2023 •

Intentionality and Happy Accidents

Putting your mind in your muscles while embracing chaos

Feb 8, 2024 •

Consistency is for the Dead

Organism over mechanism - should we strive for consistency, like a mechanised robot, or should we go with the flow?

Aug 2, 2024 •

A generative and reflective practice, foundational within an ecology of practices.

Jun 26, 2023 •

Audacious Aspirations, Low Expectations

Short-term goals as naturally emerging stepping stones to compelling aspirations.

Jan 5, 2024 •

Mastering the Art of Sucking at Something

Getting used to embracing the suck with the beginner's mind

May 12, 2023 •

A letter to my 75-year-old self

Mastering the passage of time

May 25 •

Mastering Disappointment

When our expectations awaken to crude reality. Some thoughts towards approaching the universal experience of disappointment with an attitude of mastery.

Oct 16, 2023 •

Rules and Rulelessness

Before setting yourself new rules, ask whether you are kind of person who follows rules

Dec 31, 2023 •

Discovering our calling in life and unfolding to our potential

Apr 23, 2023 •

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