Mastery or Mediocrity

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MASTERY or MEDIOCRITY Ben Scofield @bscofield YOU DECIDE

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Presentation given at Ignite RailsConf, Jun 6 2010

Transcript of Mastery or Mediocrity

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MASTERY or MEDIOCRITY

Ben Scofield @bscofield

YOU DECIDE

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WE ARE obsessed

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the TRAINING MONTAGE

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DELIBERATEPRACTICE

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SET a GOALFAIL (usually)

ASK for FEEDBACKREPEAT

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FAILURE isn’t FUN

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FOCUS on

IMPROVEMENT

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MASTERY isn’t

REQUIRED

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MEDIOCRITY

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noPRACTICE

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ADEQUACY

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badPRACTICE

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EXCELLENCE

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somePRACTICE

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makingTRADEOFFS

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THANKS!

Ben Scofield @bscofield

http://www.viget.com/extend http://benscofield.com