Four approaches to Long Term Practice
I mostly identify with the Obsessive approach to long term practice. I
related to the attributes of this type of learner: demands immediate
short-term
results (I like the assurance of knowing I¹m moving in the right
direction), I
push hard and become discouraged when I hit plateaus or when I¹m not
getting the results I
expect. I¹m changing over the years and becoming more patient and not
as hard on myself. I really like the idea of the Feedback Loop. We do this
already in our company for client initiatives and I¹m excited to start
reflecting on my own growth and learning. The philosophies and approaches
taught in the Stagen program will help me learn to adopt the Master
approach. It took me this entire quarter to be disciplined with the weekly
focusing - I did it only because I had to. Now, I look forward to doing it
and normally plan a couple of weeks ahead to keep control of my schedule.
I¹m excited and hopeful for the results all of this learning and
discipline will bring in 2015!

Happy New Year Buffet Class!!

jessica nunez
o: 972.388.5510     4890 alpha rd., ste. 110
c: 214.202.9353     dallas, tx 75244

On 12/28/14, 7:04 AM, "Rick Sapio" <rsapio@mutualcapitalalliance.com>
wrote:

>Teresa,
>
>Thank you for the great post.  This definitely gives me a window into how
>you approach your life and why you have such a drive toward personal
>growth.
>
>Your post made me think about how I can "speed up" the process of Mastery
>as it relates to being a father.
>
>Having 4 young children, and a busy career, can make the "job" of begin a
>parent difficult.
>
>Our kids are 11 months, 2, 4, and 7, and, like all children, they are
>very demanding.
>
>My wife and I have realized, that the job of parenting is easier, when we
>have a strong bond, and when we are aligned.
>
>I have definitely learned a TON about parenthood these past 7 years, but
>humbly have realized that I am just scratching the surface.
>
>But, as you described your journey below, I have watched my commitment to
>fatherhood evolve from being a "dabbler," which my wife reminded me of
>many times during that first year of having a newborn, to an obsessive,
>to a hacker, and now...tapping on the door at times, of Mastery.   I
>believe that is true, because Melissa, my wife, often tells me how much
>I've evolved.
>
>I know this will be a long journey, but the commitment is there now.
>
>Mastery, I believe, starts with a commitment.  A real commitment, not one
>that can be broken once a storm comes.
>
>Thank you for bringing this out of me.
>
>Happy New Year to all!
>
>Rick
>
>P.S. - the quotes are great below.
>
>Here is another quote for you:   "The best way to influence others, is to
>live an inspired life."  Unknown
>
>
>________________________________________
>From: list-manager@stagen.simplelists.com
>[mailto:list-manager@stagen.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Kuhn
>Sent: Friday, December 26, 2014 12:29 PM
>To: buffett
>Subject: 4 Approaches to Long Term Practice
>
>Dabbler - Obsessive - Hacker - Mastery
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>The example I want to share regarding my approach to long term practice
>is that of my development as a sales person.  (Please forgive the
>grammatical and punctuation errors.  In the interest of sharing, I would
>rather get the words out and not be self-conscious of what I may / or may
>not say or word correctly.)
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>When I was in college, I was hired as a customer service person with MCI
>Telecommunications (boy am I dating myself!).  Back then, MCI long
>distance service was HORRIBLE and the job of a customer service rep was
>to RESELL the customer into keeping the service.  Well, I learned I had a
>knack for selling and won numerous awards for retaining the most
>customers.
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>I think b/c of the positive feedback and early so-called success, I was
>enamored with the concept of selling.
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>I later went to law school and worked as an attorney for a large law firm
>in downtown DC.  As a young attorney, practicing Personal Injury law, I
>was certainly not the most skilled technician but I was able to sell my
>firm's services and my supervising attorney noticed my knack for
>retaining clients.
>
>It wasn't until I later worked as the right hand professional for a major
>real estate developer in Ohio (who owned a Prudential Real Estate
>Brokerage Franchise along with office and industrial developments I was
>partly responsible for filling space among other job duties) that I was
>exposed to heavy duty sales training.  I think up until this time I was
>certainly a dabbler with sales - knew I could attract and retain clients
>- but the real estate world was a whole 'nother animal!
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>I think up until this time I was a dabbler  and a hacker when it came to
>sales.  I knew I had a natural talent for it, was exposed to a science
>for developing the talent but had no idea there was a concept of
>Mastering this talent!
>
>It wasn't until I started my own financial services practice that I
>became exposed to the concept of Mastery.  B/c I work with a niche
>financial services concept, I KNEW in order to be successful I needed to
>follow the recipe that I was given.  However, over time, as I
>internalized the recipe and found my own voice, did I experience more
>success.
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>As we all know, in any business, without sales there are no revenues!  Of
>course this is also true in a financial services practice.  My commitment
>to Mastery includes continuing to make conscious the nuances that make  a
>successful financial advisor so I can continue to build a team of
>advisors that experience the same joy and excitement that comes when one
>becomes successful at their craft.
>
>I've learned that the concept of Mastery is a journey - it is not a
>destination.  It is the commitment to improving, competing with only
>myself,  acknowledging and making conscious the nuances that work and
>don't work and a dedication to being persistent and not giving up.
>
>Some of my favorite quotes regarding Mastery include:
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>Practice doesn't make perfect  - perfect practice makes perfect.
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>If you are not learning you are dying.
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>Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.  Talent will
>not:  Nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.  Genius
>will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.  Education will not: the
>world is full of educated derelicts.  Persistence and determination alone
>are omnipotent.  Calvin Collidge
>
>As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single
>thought will not make a pathway in the mind.  To make a deep physical
>path, we walk again and again.  To make a deep mental path, we must think
>over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.  Henry
>David Thoreau
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>I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career.  I've lost almost 300
>games.  26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and
>missed.  I've failed over and over and over again in my life.  And that
>is why I succeed.  Michael Jordan.
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