The Craft of the Deliberate Error
Why purposefully making mistakes can accelerate true mastery.
Topic
#craft
25 posts on this topic.
The Craft of the Deliberate Pause
Why true mastery sometimes means knowing when to stop, and how to start again, on purpose.
The subtle art of 'enough'
Why knowing when to stop refining is as crucial as knowing how to start.
The Craft of Unmaking
Why true mastery sometimes means dismantling your own best work.
The deliberate bend
Why true craft isn't about perfect straight lines, but knowing how to skillfully deviate.
The craft of re-reading
Why true mastery isn't just about consuming new ideas, but revisiting old ones with fresh eyes.
The art of deliberate discomfort
Why true craft requires seeking out the grind, not avoiding it.
The patience of the stonecutter
Why true craft is not about the first blow, but the thousandth.
The subtle art of 'unfinishing'
Why leaving things slightly incomplete can be a potent act of craft.
The deliberate pause
Why true craftsmanship often involves knowing when to stop, not just when to act.
The deliberate pause
How intentional delays can refine your work, not impede it.
The humility of craft
Why true mastery begins not with confidence, but with the quiet admission of how much you don't yet know.
The deliberate constraint
On why true craft often begins with choosing what not to use.
The Craft of the Unseen Cut
Why true mastery lies not in what you add, but in the deliberate, almost imperceptible eliminations.
The practice of 'deliberate undoing'
Sometimes, the best way to improve is to consciously unlearn what you've always done.
The shape of the cut
Why true craft isn't about adding more, but about knowing what to remove.
The patient pursuit of mastery
Why the true craftsman isn't focused on results, but on the careful repetition of process.
The craftsman's patience
Why slow, repetitive work is the forge of true skill.
The patient pursuit of better work
Why true craft isn't about perfection, but about the relentless, quiet commitment to improvement.
On building versus tending
The tension between making something new and maintaining what exists.
The quiet discipline
The work that happens when no one is watching, and no one will know.
The useful constraint
On putting walls around your work, on purpose.
The problem with best practices
Borrowed solutions to someone else's problem.
Writing things down
Not for memory. For thinking.
Why constraints clarify
On the counterintuitive freedom that comes from working within limits.