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Tad Waddington, Ph.D. is the author of Lasting Contribution: How to Think, Plan, and Act to Accomplish Meaningful Work, a book that has won five prestigious awards. See full bio

January 13, 2009, Creativity

Comments on "On Mastery"

On Mastery

By Tad Waddington, Ph.D. on January 13, 2009 in Smarts

Quite correctly, many people will argue that progress involves moving from religion through art and on to science, but here is an example where progress is made by moving from science through art and on to religion. Read More

"On Mastery"

Submitted by Hope W. on January 13, 2009 - 12:14pm.

I see so many applications of this theorum in my own life, pointing to its universality. In terms of a self-help program, doing the First Step perfectly opens the path for all things to flow.

Namaste.

Definitely

Submitted by Tad Waddington on January 13, 2009 - 1:12pm.

Be it the importance of building a solid foundation, getting the fundamentals right, or achieving clarity of thought, I'm always amazed at the long-term return on quality.

mastery

Submitted by AJ Kumar on January 13, 2009 - 11:37pm.

I wrote a blog on the 6 phases of mastery stating the phase of Mastery is when you are able to do nothing and have everything occur.

Convergent validity

Submitted by Tad Waddington, Ph.D. on March 5, 2009 - 7:19am.

We are in rough agreement as to what it takes to achieve mastery, which suggests we might be right. For people who haven't seen AJ's blog, here is a link to his 6 Phases of Mastery: http://www.persuasive.net/the-six-phases-of-mastery-become-a-jedi/