The Craft of the Deliberate Error
Why purposefully making mistakes can accelerate true mastery.
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29 posts on this topic.
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 subtle art of 'unfinishing'
Why leaving things slightly incomplete can be a potent act of craft.
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 practice of 'deliberate undoing'
Sometimes, the best way to improve is to consciously unlearn what you've always done.
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.
The quiet strength of not knowing
Why true resilience often begins with admitting you don't have all the answers.
The resilience of the small bet
Why consistent, tiny wagers on yourself build more strength than grand gestures.
The gift of controlled failure
Why small, intentional setbacks build a stronger capacity to recover from the big ones.
The quiet strength of repair
Why resilience isn't just bouncing back, but actively mending what's broken.
The myth of the unshakeable self
Why true resilience isn't about being immune to damage, but about acknowledging and integrating it.
The second bounce
Why true resilience isn't just recovering, but growing stronger from the recovery itself.
The skill of the second wind
Resilience isn't just bouncing back; it's finding renewed strength when you thought you had none left.
The weight of the unsaid
Why the stories we don't tell ourselves are the heaviest burdens we carry.
The anti-fragile mind
Why true resilience isn't just bouncing back, but getting better with every jolt.
The resilience of small bets
Why incremental progress, not grand gestures, builds lasting strength.
The discipline of the adjacent possible
How iterating on what's next, not planning for what's far, clarifies your path.
The discipline of the adjacent possible
Why true clarity emerges not from grand visions, but from the next sensible step.
The clarity of the 'unlearn'
Why true understanding sometimes means dismantling what you thought was true.
The clarity of the adjacent possible
Why true vision isn't about grand plans, but the next sensible step.
The clarity of the adjacent possible
Why true understanding often emerges from the next small step, not the distant horizon.
The clarity of the adjacent possible
Why knowing the next step is often more powerful than seeing the distant horizon.
Writing things down
Not for memory. For thinking.
The slow hunch
Why the best ideas take years to arrive — and how to help them along.