The document discusses the difference between achieving mastery or mediocrity. It states that achieving mastery requires being obsessed with deliberate practice, setting goals, failing, asking for feedback, and repeating the process. Mediocrity results from not practicing or having bad practice habits. Achieving excellence requires some deliberate practice and being willing to make tradeoffs to improve.

1. MASTERY or MEDIOCRITY
YOU DECIDE
Ben Scofield
@bscofield

2. WE ARE
obsessed

3. the TRAINING MONTAGE

5. DELIBERATE
PRACTICE

6. SET a GOAL
FAIL (usually)
ASK for FEEDBACK
REPEAT

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8. FAILURE isn’t FUN

9. FOCUS
on
IMPROVEMENT

10. MASTERY
isn’t
REQUIRED

12. MEDIOCRITY

13. no
PRACTICE

14. ADEQUACY

15. bad
PRACTICE

16. EXCELLENCE

17. some
PRACTICE

18. making
TRADEOFFS

20. THANKS!
Ben Scofield http://www.viget.com/extend
@bscofield http://benscofield.com