The document discusses the importance of mastery and practice in various fields, emphasizing that being a beginner is a necessary step in the journey of learning. It advocates for creating an environment that fosters practice, which should be enjoyable rather than viewed as work. The text also questions whether society is producing well-rounded, knowledgeable individuals, or 'renaissance people.'

1. The Best is the Enemy
of the Good
Jared M. Spool (@jmspool) User
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Engineering

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3. Wikipedia

4. Professional Magic
Experience Design

5. Creative
Business
Community
of Practice

6. Part I:
Mastery

7. Being a beginner sucks
Mimic
Innovate

11. MobileWhack.com

12. Being a beginner sucks
Mimic
Innovate

13. LingsCars.com

14. TechCrunch

15. Site

17. Are we plotting the path of
mastery?

18. Part II:
Renaissance
Man
man*
o
or W
* Renaissance Person
just sounds stupid.

19. Knowledge of
every aspect

20. Learn how to save
your ass when
things go wrong

21. Yearn to learn

22. Storytelling Agile Sketching
Methods
Ethnography Analytics
Information Usability
Social Architecture Practices Use Cases
Networks
Marketing
Information Visual
Design Design
Experience
Design
Design Process Interaction
Management Design
Technology
Critiquing Copy Editing & Presenting
Writing Curating
Business Facilitating Domain
Knowledge Knowledge
ROI

25. Are we
building Renaissance Men?
nce W omen*
d Ren aissa
an
* Who will kick the men’s asses,
as we all know.

26. Part III:
Practice

27. Practice is not work.
Practice makes you
a better person.

28. Practice doesn’t make perfect.
Perfect practice makes perfect.

29. Practice never becomes fun.
You have to make it fun.

30. When do we allow ourselves the
time space budget
to practice?

31. Storytelling Agile Sketching
Methods
Ethnography Analytics
Information Usability
Social Architecture Practices Use Cases
Networks
Marketing
Information Visual
Design Design
Experience
Design
Design Process Interaction
Management Design
Technology
Critiquing Copy Editing & Presenting
Writing Curating
Business Facilitating Domain
Knowledge Knowledge
ROI

33. The Best is the Enemy
of the Good

34. The Best is the Enemy
of the Good
Are we plotting the path of mastery?
Are we building Renaissance People?
When do we allow ourselves the time, space, or budget to
practice?

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