novice to expert

Novice To Expert – Little Differences = Big Results

How can you go from novice to expert?

It’s about seeing the same fundamentals with different eyes.

Ego

Perfectionism

  • The novice stays fixated upon rigid “perfection”.
  • The expert uses his imperfections to his advantage.

Context

Brainpower

Taking Breaks

  • The novice underestimates the importance of rest.
  • The expert takes time to recharge his batteries.

Approach To Pain

Finding Inspiration

  • The novice relies on his surroundings to find inspiration.
  • The expert’s refined consciousness finds wonder in the mundane.

Simplicity vs. Complexity

  • The novice charges past the basics, hoping to find answers in complexity.
  • The expert knows greatness lies in mastering the basics.

Focus on Quantity vs. Quality

Perception

  • The novice sees many possible choices and actions
  • The expert sees few

Approach to “Loss”

  • The novice focuses mainly upon his victories and hopes to forget about his losses.
  • The expert draws wisdom from every experience, as the seed of one polarity lies within the other.

Total Commitment vs. Quick Fixes

Flexibility of Philosophy

  • The novice settles in to a certain way of doing things.
  • The expert constantly exposes himself to opposing ideas to better understand the duality of his discipline.

Integration of Ideas

  • The novice misses the forest for the trees.
  • The expert knows total understanding is found by balancing micro with macro.

Conclusion

While the struggles of the novice may seem like a waste of effort, it’s only though learning what not to do that the answers become apparent.

It’s a process of subtraction.

Every hour devoted to your discipline carves new neural pathways within your mind.

To go from novice to expert requires you to invest in the quality of your perception.

The master’s refined mental map allows him to see what others can’t.

There’s no shortcut through this process.

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