7월 12일 토픽 Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fullfillment by George Leonard

[마법사]

In this this week, I want to talk about how to become a mastery in your field.

This book will guide you into a journey of mastery. 

to be continued...............

Take any activity and you'll find people performing at four different levels of participation.

1. The Dabbler
The Dabbler's learning curve rises very quickly, meets an obstacle and then drops to zero, since the dabbler gives up the activity and goes on to another; repeating the same curve on different activities.

2. The Obsessive
The Obsessive's learning curve rises quickly, meets obstacles, which The Obsessive tackles by redoubling his effort, getting more books and tools and trying to figure out ways to get better results faster and cheaper, and then burns out in a short while when he finds that the curve is not a straight line upwards.

3. The Hacker
The Hacker's learning curve rises quickly, meets an obstacle or two and then plateaus out on a straight line. The Hacker doesn't consider the need for more instruction or rising above that level. He is content with level reached and plans to stay at that level.

4. The Master
The Master's learning curve rises quickly, plateaus for a while, and with consistent practice, rises again with some regression and plateaus again for a while and so on. The Master knows that Mastery is a lifetime path. The Master enjoys living on the plateau. The Master knows that while he is on the plateau, learning is happening and practice will inevitably raise him to a higher level.

The Five Keys to Mastery
Key 1: INSTRUCTION - get an instructor.

Instruction comes in many forms. For mastering most skills, there's nothing better than being in the hands of a master teacher, either one-to-one or in a small group. But there are also books, films, tapes, computer learning programs, computerized simulators, group instruction, the classroom, knowledgeable friends, counselors, business associates, even "the street." Still, the individual teacher or coach can serve as a standard for all forms of instruction, the first and brightest beacon.

Key 2: PRACTICE - learn to love the plateau and practice for the sake of practice.

Here's an old joke that appears in many versions but always sends the same message. A couple on their way to a concert are lost in New York's Lower East Side. They stop to question a bearded elder.

"Excuse us, how do you get to Carnegie Hall?" they ask.
"Practice!" he tells them.

For one who is on the master's journey, however, the word is best conceived of as a noun, not as something you do, but as something you have, something you are. In this sense, the word is akin to the Chinese word tao and the Japanese word do, both of which mean, literally, road or path. Practice is the path upon which you travel, just that. A practice (as a noun) can be anything you practice on a regular basis as an integral part of your life--not in order to gain something else, but for its own sake. It might be a sport or a martial art. It might be gardening or bridge or yoga or meditation or community service.

Key 3: SURRENDER - surrender to the learning process and the learning curve.

The early stages of any significant new learning invoke the spirit of the fool. It's almost inevitable that you'll feel clumsy, that you'll take literal or figurative pratfalls. There's no way around it. The beginner who stands on his or her dignity becomes rigid, armored; the learning can't get through. This doesn't mean that you should surrender your own physical and moral center or passively accept teachings that would be bad for you. But you must trust your instructor to some degree, and now's the time for a certain suspension of disbelief. So your teacher asks you to begin by putting your finger on your nose and standing on one foot. Unless there's some compelling reason to contrary, just give it a try. Don't fight the process; surrender.

Key 4: INTENTIONALITY - bring all of your willpower and the mental game to the learning.

It joins old words with new -- character, willpower, attitude, imaging, the mental game -- but what I'm calling intentionality, however you look at it, is an essential to take along on the master's journey. The power of the mental game came to public awareness in the 1970s through the revelations of some of the nation's most notable sports figures. Golfer Jack Nicklaus, for example, let it be known that he never hit a shot without first clearly visualizing the ball's perfect flight and its triumphant destination, "sitting up there high and white and pretty on the green." A successful shot, Nicklaus told us, was 50 percent visualization, 40 percent setup, and only 10 percent swing.

Key 5: THE EDGE - focus on the fundamentals and the leading-edge.

Now we come, as come we must in anything of real consequence, to a seeming contradiction, a paradox. Almost without exception, those we know as masters are dedicated to the fundamentals of their calling. They are zealots of practice, connoisseurs of the small, incremental step. At the same time--and here's the paradox--these people, these masters, are precisely the ones who are likely to challenge previous limits, to take risks for the sake of higher performance, and even to become obsessive at times in that pursuit. Clearly, for them the key is not either/or, it's both/and.

Playing the edge is a balancing act. it demands the awareness to know when you're pushing yourself beyond safe limits. In this awareness, the man or woman on the path of mastery sometimes makes a conscious decision to do just that. We see this clearly in running, a sport so pure, so explicit that everything is likely to come quickly into full view. Running fast and hard almost always demands playing the edge, and it can't be denied that runners and would-be runners should be offered safe and sensible programs and warned against the dangers and pitfalls of their practice.

But before you can even consider playing this edge, there must be much instruction, practice, surrender, and intentionality.

[groovygirl]

이번주 토요일 참석합니다. 한참 회사에서 일 배우니라 고생인데 좋은 주제가 될듯하네요.

[Sukee]

제이콥님이랑 동갑인 female 예비 신입회원이.. 너무 어려울것 같아서 겁먹었답니다..--;;

[마법사]

나두 겁먹고 있는 중이라 전해 주세요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[groovygirl]

저질 레벨인 저도 나오는데 그분도 용기를 갖고 나오시길 바랍니다.

[마법사]

저질 레벨 압권인데요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 아 적절한 어휘 구사에 감동의 물결 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 낼 봐요..

[JJang]

호주에 있던 한국 후배들은 러비쉬 영어라고 하데여.. 근데 다들 나보다 잘했다는.. 그럼 난 뭔란말인감. ㅠ ㅠ

[JJang]

일욜밤에 호주 컴백 했습니다. 저도 참석여~

[마법사]

오잉 짱 방가 방가 ㅎㅎㅎㅎ 토요일에 봐.... ^.^

[Sukee]

이번주는 그나마 답글 일찍 올려주신분들이 있어서 감사할 일이네요.. 그럼 내일 모임에서 뵙겠습니다.

[마법사]

이번주 심하게 몸살로 한참을 헤매는 바람에 토픽 주제에 대한 충분한 부과 설명이 부족한 점 깊이 반성합니다. 토욜날 가서 어떻게 말발로 한번 때워 볼랍니다. ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ 그럼 많이들 와 주세요 ^.^ 참고로 뒷풀이 전문가 JJang과 그린 응아도 제가 초청했습니다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 낼 봐요 ~~~~~~ ^.^

[Sukee]

왠 "부과"설명? 세금부과할일 있어요?ㅋㅋ

[JJang]

헉!! 뒷풀이 전문가...

[Jack]

이따 뵙겠습니다. 좀 늦겠네요..-_-;; 항상 답변이 늦어 죄송.. 여유롭게 인터넷 즐길 시간이 주말밖에 없네요..ㅎㅎ