From Habit to MasteryHabits + Deliberate Practice = Mastery To become great, certain skills do need to become automatic.Basketball players need to be able to dribble without thinking before they can move on to mastering layups with their nondominant hand.Surgeons need to repeat the first incision so many times that they could do it with their eyes closed, so that they can focus on the hundreds of variables that arise during surgery.But after one habit has been mastered, you have to return to the effortful part of the work and begin building the next habit.Mastery is the process of narrowing your focus to a tiny element of success, repeating it until you have internalized the skill, and then using this new habit as the foundation to advance to the next frontier of your development.Old tasks become easier the second time around, but it doesn't get easier overall because now you're pouring your energy into the next challenge.Each habit unlocks the next level of performance.It's an endless cycle.
Surgeons need to repeat the first incision so many times that they could do it with their eyes closed, so that they can focus on the hundreds of variables that arise during surgery.
Ex: Surgeons need to repeat the first incision so many times that they could do it with their eyes closed, so that they can focus on the hundreds of va...
Ex: Surgeons need to repeat the first incision so many times that they could do it with their eyes closed, so that they can focus on the hundreds of va...
Mastery is the process of narrowing your focus to a tiny element of success, repeating it until you have internalized the skill, and then using this new habit as the foundation to advance to the next frontier of your development.
Ex: Mastery is the process of narrowing your focus to a tiny element of success, repeating it until you have internalized the skill, and then using thi...