In addition to exploring the nature of mastery itself, this blog is a way for me to continue my own pursuit of mastery in the technology and techniques of blogging (believe me, I’m still learning). When I decided to make the switch to WordPress, I realized that even though I had learned a lot about [...]
Catching up on blogs and e-mail, I saw that Matt Homann has posted details on the upcoming meeting of the Soulard Idea Market on 8 August here in St. Louis. It looks to be an enjoyable, and very interesting evening with the following on the ‘agenda’:
Initial Brainstorming
Idea Speed Dating (the one I’m most looking forward [...]
Last night, St. Louis experienced perhaps the worst storm in its history. Strong winds blew down trees and buildings, and even knocked 3 tractor-trailer trucks on their sides while crossing the Chain of Rocks bridge across the Mississippi River. An estimated 500,000 people in the St. Louis area are without power.
The storm was so bad, [...]
Over the past two weeks, USA Gymnastics held the Junior Olympics National Championships in Trampoline and Tumbling. Competition ranged from young beginners to experienced elite level athletes and everything in between, with corresponding levels of mastery displayed along the way. As the proud parent of a competitor - my younger son Ian - I’ve seen [...]
Before beginning a discussion on mastery, or any topic, it is useful to explain exactly what it is you want to talk about. Sometimes, this is much easier said than done. (Anyone with experience in the field of Knowledge Management knows exactly what I’m talking about.)
It was the following definition of mastery from George Leonard [...]
Welcome to my new blog, G. Brett Miller – No Straight Lines. At first glance, it may seem that this is simply a move (from Blogspot to my own domain) and redesign (from Blogger to WordPress) of my now defunct blog …no straight lines…. However, about the only thing I’ve really held over [...]
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