Paired Mathematics
This evening my daughter was sitting at the kitchen table, pencil in hand, confronting a full page of math homework. It was one of those...
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Tom Perry
- Aug 6, 2014
- 4 min
Failing Fast
“Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” -Leonard Cohen How’s that for a...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 28, 2013
- 4 min
Stopping
The other day I was re-reading Robert Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I was looking for a metaphor for quality used...
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Tom Perry
- Jan 17, 2012
- 3 min
Developing the Impediments Game – Iteration 2
This is a continuation of my last post where I was endeavoring to create a board game that allows players to simulate the trade-offs with...
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Tom Perry
- Oct 13, 2011
- 3 min
Warming Up for Deliberate Practice
I think often that people really appreciate the value of practice, however they find it really hard to actually do. I’m like that, I...
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Tom Perry
- Apr 30, 2011
- 1 min
A Quick Question About Practice
When you practice something in a disciplined way on occasion you may experience interruptions in your practice. I’m talking about the...
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Tom Perry
- Apr 22, 2011
- 2 min
Leadership Practice #3 – Envisioning
If you are going to be a leader within an organization, then you need to be able to clearly communicate a compelling vision. The...
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Tom Perry
- Apr 20, 2011
- 1 min
Passion vs. Practices
I’ve been doing a fair amount of reading lately on the topic of deliberate practice. There is a sizable body of literature emerging with...
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Tom Perry
- Dec 18, 2010
- 3 min
Practice #2: Break It Down
How do you go about memorizing a poem? When I do it, I usually break it down into individual lines or phrases and memorize each one piece...
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Tom Perry
- Dec 17, 2010
- 2 min
Practice #1 – Speed Drills
In Daniel Coyle’s book The Talent Code, he talks about the different ways that people practice that ultimately enable them to achieve...
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Tom Perry
- Nov 7, 2010
- 3 min
A Call to Practice
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about the way that we practice our profession. It’s probably because my daughter recently started...
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