Mastering One Habit, Mastering a FieldMastering One Habit Mastering A FieldFIGURE 16: The process of mastery requires that you progressively layer improvements on top of one another, each habit building upon the last until a new level of performance has been reached and a higher range of skills has been internalized.Although habits are powerful, what you need is a way to remain conscious of your performance over time, so you can continue to refine and improve.It is precisely at the moment when you begin to feel like you have mastered a skill—right when things are starting to feel automatic and you are becoming comfortable—that you must avoid slipping into the trap of complacency.The solution?Establish a system for reflection and review.How To Review Your Habits And Make AdjustmentsIn 1986, the Los Angeles Lakers had one of the most talented basketball teams ever assembled, but they are rarely remembered that way.The team started the 1985–1986 NBA season with an astounding 29–5 record." The pundits were saying that we might be the best team in the history of basketball," head coach Pat Riley said after the season.Surprisingly, the Lakers stumbled in the 1986 playoffs and suffered a season-ending defeat in the Western Conference Finals.The "best team in the history of basketball" didn't even play for the NBA championship.After that blow, Riley was tired of hearing about how much talent his players had and about how much promise his team held.He didn't want to see flashes of brilliance followed by a gradual fade in performance.He wanted the Lakers to play up to their potential, night after night.In the summer of 1986, he created a plan to do exactly that, a system that he called the Career Best Effort program or CBE.
FIGURE 16: The process of mastery requires that you progressively layer improvements on top of one another, each habit building upon the last until a new level of performance has been reached and a higher range of skills has been internalized.
Ex: FIGURE 16: The process of mastery requires that you progressively layer improvements on top of one another, each habit building upon the last until...
It is precisely at the moment when you begin to feel like you have mastered a skill—right when things are starting to feel automatic and you are becoming comfortable—that you must avoid slipping into the trap of complacency.
Ex: It is precisely at the moment when you begin to feel like you have mastered a skill—right when things are starting to feel automatic and you are be...
Ex: It is precisely at the moment when you begin to feel like you have mastered a skill—right when things are starting to feel automatic and you are be...