On a recent episode, Jason discussed the idea of developing mastery in one’s craft. As part of that conversation, both he and Jim talked about how elite athletes develop their mastery to such a degree that they are able to slow the pace of a game down to a level where they can be 2 steps ahead of anyone else on the playing field (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBgsRbOl7X4). How can an individual go about creating mastery in their craft so as to slow the pace down to the level they need it to be so they are successful? How do you prevent rash decision making? How do you not get caught up in others’ frantic pace?
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s a hockey fan (NY Islanders) when coaches talk about the rookies, they need to learn how to slow their game down to improve their play. My nephew who plays goalie in lacrosse has learned to slow the game down, and he has improved his play incrementally now that he is now an all-star.
As a digital (marketing) analyst, it is about being a practitioner. Over time I have learned that part of being a master of my craft is about asking the right questions first. For myself, it easy to leverage Google Analytics to analyze a website or mobile app but I had to learn to develop those long term business relationships it meant learning to understand the business from the client perspective.
Yes, the practice of your craft is vital. In the last seven years, I have analyzed over 200 websites, and I am still learning but depending on the client seeing their business pain points is easy now.
To Jason’s point when it comes those programming skill sets such as Python or R. It is all about practice and patience. A college intern who worked for me and a computer science major told me it takes practice and patience to be good at any programming language. Additionally using YouTube helps.
To Jim’s point keeping it all in your head is not healthy. It is a pattern I have learned to break. A technique I have is to get big with it. I use a large size post-it note and have my deliverables broken out by the client.
For transparency, I meditate every day, and I can see and feel the benefits. I use the Calm app. Right now I am at 290 days. The prime example is I am working on a data visualization solution for a client, and I hit a roadblock. I made the decision it was time to stop and look at it again tomorrow. The next morning after meditation, and breakfast, I told myself to step through everything I did and found the solution. When you can slow your mind down it makes it is easier to find the answer.