Sublime

Make Small Adjustments

The wonderfully curious economist Tyler Cowen has come to ask greats of various fields some version of the question: How do you practice your scales? What drills or exercises make you better at what you do? If a person wants to get better, wants to continue to develop and polish, they must know the answer to that question.

It seems counterintuitive, but it's true: in order to achieve "flow," magic, "the zone," we start by being common and ordinary and workmanlike. We set our palms against the stones in the garden wall

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As a professional coach — someone who’s spent many years working directly with people to create the lives, relationships, and businesses they truly want — I spend my days talking to extraordinary men all around the world. I’m talking about everyone from founders who have bootstrapped companies and sold them for millions, to executives who have

In his wonderful book, Anything You Want, Derek Sivers shares the following story of learning to sing from a great coach named Warren Senders: For each lesson, I’d bring in one song I was trying to improve. First, I’d sing it for him as written. Then he’d say, “OK—now do it up an octave.” “Uh... up an octave? But I can’t sing that high!” “I don’t

Brian Robertson, the founder of Holacracy, sometimes uses another set of archetypes to talk about the power of self-management to shift relationships to a healthier level—helping us to move from Persecutor, Rescuer, Victim, to Challenger, Coach, Creator.