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couldnthinkof01

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I was cleaning out some closets and was looking through old books. Nobody ever mentions Mastery by Robert Greene. Ive always thought this was a great book to give perspective on the learning process. I think its a great read.

Thoughts?
 
Acquiring Excellence in Pool Series

couldnthinkof01 said:
I was cleaning out some closets and was looking through old books. Nobody ever mentions Mastery by Robert Greene. Ive always thought this was a great book to give perspective on the learning process. I think its a great read.

Thoughts?
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Ive never heard of that one, I'm getting ready to cover that same subject in a series of ebooks coming out in a month or so, what areas does he cover?
 
It is a very in depth book that tries to explain the mastery process from day one to actual mastery. Provides real life examples and offers a good perspective on the human learning process. I would love for you to check it out. I think you will like it.
 
Robert Greene....he seems like the Mr Hyde to Malcolm Gladwell's Dr Jekyll.
...being Kanye's patron saint is not appealing to me.

I'm basing this opinion on his quotes and reviews...I may change my mind...
...but for now, I'm sticking with Gladwell and Peck.
 
Sounds Interesting

couldnthinkof01 said:
It is a very in depth book that tries to explain the mastery process from day one to actual mastery. Provides real life examples and offers a good perspective on the human learning process. I would love for you to check it out. I think you will like it.
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It sounds interesting. Since I came back to playing in 2005 that's been the thing I've worked with and I have my own theories on how people learn billiard knowledge, what causes them to learn and once you start getting it what starts to happen and how to use all of that to master Side Spin. I would love to see just to see how someone else approached the subject. I have an idea the kinds of things he might say because I haven't seen anyone approach it the way I do.

So when you read the material, were you able to get the point of the material? How concrete was his instruction or was he unable to give you exact perameters to help you learn?
 
I dont know much about all that but it is a fun read to me. I like to reread it from time to time and always seem to gain something. I am a strange guy so who knows pt?
 
couldnthinkof01 said:
I was cleaning out some closets and was looking through old books. Nobody ever mentions Mastery by Robert Greene. Ive always thought this was a great book to give perspective on the learning process. I think its a great read.

Thoughts?
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There is a partial preview on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Mastery-Robert-Greene/dp/014312417X

Perhaps I'm too fond of technical rigor, but a brief reading seems to indicate that he pulls a lot of generalizations from more or less thin air. There is a difference between saying things that seem kind of reasonable or possible and drawing conclusions from things that are known or can be easily demonstrated. The quote from Fred Neechee was kind of off-putting, too.

I've recommended it before: "The Sports Gene" by David Epstein. http://thesportsgene.com/
It has well-documented modern examples I can believe of sports mastery.
 
Robin, to me it offers insight on the process of mastering a subject. Not an instructional but more of a window into things (like when danny d. Says "you dont know, whatcha dont know") it kind of explains why and how others came to know. It has examples of different phases of mastery and how they work. Think 10,000 hours broke up in sections and then examples of masters going through the different sections. Its not an instructional but more a picture to go with the 10,000 hrs of mastery.
 
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Bob, the book is written that way to me too. Just some guy and his take on things. I dont give it much more weight then that. To me its just one perspective on the subject that I add to the many I have been exposed to. Something different anyway.
Sports gene is also a good one!
 
The generalizations

couldnthinkof01 said:
Robin, to me it offers insight on the process of mastering a subject. Not an instructional but more of a window into things (like when danny d. Says "you dont know, whatcha dont know") it kind of explains why and how others came to know. It has examples of different phases of mastery and how they work. Think 10,000 hours broke up in sections and then examples of masters going through the different sections. Its not an instructional but more a picture to go with the 10,000 hrs of mastery.
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That's a pretty good description of what I figured it might be. I've been at that thought process for awhile and its a tough cookie to work with. It will put one through a lot of things until you realize what it could have been boiled down to. To me its getting to the boiled down baseline part and then knowing how you do everything you do. Kinda the opposite of Danny D's....You don't know what you don't know? Its sort of like.....You better know, everything that you do know!
 
I am interested in your thoughts on knowing what you do know. What are your plans with your material?

Ps. Thanks for your responses robin, bob and pt109, I appreciate it.
 
The Acquiring Excellence in Pool Series

couldnthinkof01 said:
I am interested in your thoughts on knowing what you do know. What are your plans with your material?

Ps. Thanks for your responses robin, bob and pt109, I appreciate it.
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I'm still working on digital covers for two and the interiors are being digitized they should be out on Amazon and other booksellers in a month from now I would think.
I give you some very defined visuals to look for on every shot on the table that are completely different than anything you've ever seen and they cause you to utilize your depth perception ability that everyone has. The strong visuals and the development of this ability with some practice makes things very easy to learn. I've been told by people who have used my material that they felt a strong surge of confidence and felt much more in control of what they were doing. Pool isn't rocket science but it does need some definition in order for people to make progress and I try to give it that.
 
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