"What is the opposite of the mastery curve called?"-my question to a coworker
Carrie walked in and told me a story about a movie called Perfect Senses. In the movie people deal with the loss of one sense at a time.
While she was telling me the story I kept visualizing the challenges. Immediately I saw each loss as a step down. With each step, the person goes through a brief rough patch, even dips below the step, and eventually rests on the plateau.
This is the reverse of what George Leonard wrote about in his book Mastery. As the person rises in levels they experience a rise above the plateau level with eventually resting on the plateau. On the path to mastery the plateaus get longer and longer with smaller step changes between levels.
For the opposite idea, I can imagine with each loss, the plateau would also get longer. Maybe the loss of taste is not as critical as loss of hearing. Maybe the loss of hearing is not as bad as loss of vision, etc.
So what is the opposite of mastery stair steps? The word I came up with is coping steps. You are adjusting to losses.
Today's question is:
"Are you coping or mastering?"
Carrie walked in and told me a story about a movie called Perfect Senses. In the movie people deal with the loss of one sense at a time.
While she was telling me the story I kept visualizing the challenges. Immediately I saw each loss as a step down. With each step, the person goes through a brief rough patch, even dips below the step, and eventually rests on the plateau.
This is the reverse of what George Leonard wrote about in his book Mastery. As the person rises in levels they experience a rise above the plateau level with eventually resting on the plateau. On the path to mastery the plateaus get longer and longer with smaller step changes between levels.
For the opposite idea, I can imagine with each loss, the plateau would also get longer. Maybe the loss of taste is not as critical as loss of hearing. Maybe the loss of hearing is not as bad as loss of vision, etc.
So what is the opposite of mastery stair steps? The word I came up with is coping steps. You are adjusting to losses.
Today's question is:
"Are you coping or mastering?"
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