Quotes About Mastery

Not only did Jordan's early practice require him to constantly stretch himself beyond what was comfortable, but it was also accompanied by instant feedback. The teacher was always there, Jordan explained, "to jump in and show me if I junked up a harmony.

Deep Work Helps You Quickly Learn Hard Things

deep work. If you haven't mastered this foundational skill, you'll struggle to learn hard things or produce at an elite level.

Let's assume you're a knowledge worker, which is a field without a clear training philosophy. If you can figure out how to integrate deliberate practice into your own life, you have the possibility of blowing past your peers in your value, as you'll likely be alone in your dedication to systematically getting better. That is, deliberate practice might provide the key to quickly becoming so good they can't ignore you.

the differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance in a specific domain.

En el prefacio se cita el credo del picapedrero medieval: «Nosotros, cuyo oficio es cortar simples piedras, debemos tener siempre en mente las catedrales».

Better technique trumps more effort.

Acting with discipline requires you to know your true nature and, having come to know it, to bring it under control.

Hemingway said it aptly: 'We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.

To get to that level of undefended openness to learning, we have to practice as diligently as a master skier or a master cellist.

It is at first a delicate tightrope walk, which then gets easier as you master the skills required to keep your balance in the new environment. Fortunately, there are shortcuts

Me gustaba tan poco pisar en falso como iniciar a tientas un nuevo movimiento. Por eso practicaba tanto, para encontrarme en terreno seguro y perfeccionar luego los detalles.

It's rare that someone who knows the topic better than you will sit in your talk because they will go to other talks.... I wrote a book on Spring, just because I was learning it as I was writing it. - Matt Raible

Of course I know how to drive. Now, if you ask me if I know how to drive well, the answer would be different.

He's going to do her hard," one of them said. They were talking about Lucius, who was to be my new master. My reaction? Mental eye-roll and gag. The fact that Lucius had already "done" me pretty damn hard didn't factor into the picture.

We need to create a culture that reinforces the value of taking risks and learning from failure and the need for repetition and practice to create mastery.

Practice creates habits, and habits create mastery of any process or skill.

repetition creates habits, and habits are what enable mastery.

You're right that you can't achieve the strategic until you've mastered the tactical,

No, lack of competence is the enemy of good

habits are what enable mastery.

Small is not beautiful unless small is skilled and dedicated.

If you perfect your skills, you won't have to depend on breaks - someone will discover you. Breaks are tremendously overrated. Its not the breaks. The way to succeed in anything is to be good at it and to keep getting better.

It was a leader's job to project a calm mastery of the situation, while also encouraging subordinates to develop decision-making skills. Assuming that they made the right decisions. A leader's job was a crock of shit.