{"id":113506,"date":"2023-09-18T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=113506"},"modified":"2023-09-22T15:51:19","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T19:51:19","slug":"practice-and-mastery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/practice-and-mastery\/","title":{"rendered":"Practice and Mastery: For a Master, &#8220;Practice&#8221; Is a Noun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is &#8220;practice&#8221; a noun or a verb? In which sense is it more important for someone who&#8217;s pursuing mastery?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re a master, you practice your skill. But, you also have a practice. Ultimately, you live and embody a practice. In <em>Mastery<\/em>, writer and educator George Leonard explains that mastery is not just an ability or an accomplishment; it&#8217;s a way of life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more to learn about practice and mastery, according to Leonard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-practice-and-mastery\">Practice and Mastery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the end, the way of the master is practice. Leonard explains that we should understand this word in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>As a verb,<\/strong> meaning to regularly engage in your chosen skills.<\/li><li><strong>As a noun,<\/strong> meaning <em>your practice<\/em> as something you have, live, and embody.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That latter sense is more important, for<strong> a master is most interested in practice as an end in itself. <\/strong>In other words, the practice itself is the point and path, and masters live primarily for their practices. Results are secondary to everyday immersion in the essential, ongoing practice and mastery of your skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: Here, Leonard\u2019s discussion of the path and the results mirrors Josh Waitzkin\u2019s reflections in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-art-of-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Art of Learning<\/em><\/a>. Similarly to Leonard, Waitzkin contends that <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-art-of-learning\/part-1#balance-the-process-and-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the process comes before the results\u2014however, he doesn\u2019t cast results aside altogether<\/a>. Rather, he recommends that you regularly participate in competitions or similar tests of your skills as a way to see how you measure up against others. This is particularly useful if you\u2019re interested in competitive success, which Waitzkin argues is an important, confidence-building part of any lifelong learner\u2019s journey.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, practice will probably seem tiresome. However, Leonard contends that, over time, it transforms into something deeply alive\u2014a time and space into which the master fully immerses himself in the exploration of the nuances and subtleties of his craft. For instance, you could spend a lifetime exploring the endless scales, chords, intervals, and other musical patterns on the fretboard of a guitar. Even one chord, containing three or four notes, could be \u201cvoiced\u201d or played in various ways, placed in myriad positions across the fretboard, and combined with hundreds of other such chords to create thousands of variations, thousands of sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the basic moves, which the master returns to time and again, to the advanced techniques, this way of approaching practice allows for lifelong cultivation and refinement of your skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Shortform note: To dive beyond Leonard\u2019s advice about your attitude toward practice, <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/peak\/1-page-summary#deliberate-practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">consider the notion of <em>deliberate practice<\/em><\/a> as popularized by Anders Ericsson in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/peak\/1-page-summary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Peak<\/em><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/deliberate-practice-definition\/\">Deliberate practice<\/a> is a distinct form of training in which you measure your actions, use that feedback to adjust what you\u2019re doing, get precise guidance from a coach or mentor, and give maximal effort. Altogether, this helps you refine, for instance, your form for a difficult technique like a three-point jump shot in basketball. This way of practicing, Ericsson argues, is how experts become so good at what they do.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is &#8220;practice&#8221; a noun or a verb? In which sense is it more important for someone who&#8217;s pursuing mastery? If you&#8217;re a master, you practice your skill. But, you also have a practice. Ultimately, you live and embody a practice. In Mastery, writer and educator George Leonard explains that mastery is not just an ability or an accomplishment; it&#8217;s a way of life. 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