Practice and Progress

Othello Moments. That's some insider language one of my clients and I use together.

Othello is a strategy game, and it's tagline is this:

“A minute to learn…A lifetime to master!”

It’s so easy to find inspiring quotes and words of wisdom. (Our social media feeds are full of them.) Many of them take only a moment to learn.

Ah, but mastery. That takes time.

The path to mastery is practice. The access to consistent practice is discipline.

There are a few spiritual texts I study at different points throughout my day. More and more, I move slower and slower through these powerful texts. I find myself thinking to myself and saying to others:

"A single line in this text may take me a lifetime to master!"

And I mean it.

Mastery isn't a destination, it's a path.

Practice is the way we walk along that path.

Disciplined is the state of being that keeps us practicing.

With practice comes progress. It's sometimes noticeable right away, like learning a new melody on an instrument. Usually, though, progress is only noticeable after we've practiced for a little while.

What practices - that you know would be valuable for you - have you not been engaging in as much as you'd like to?

Where in life could you be more disciplined?

Get on the path to mastery that matters to you. Your life and the world are better off for it.

Much Love. ❤️