To become great, certain skills do need to become automatic.

Basketball players need to be able to dribble without thinking before

they can move on to mastering layups with their nondominant hand.

Surgeons need to repeat the first incision so many times that they

could do it with their eyes closed, so that they can focus on the

hundreds of variables that arise during surgery. But after one habit has

been mastered, you have to return to the effortful part of the work and

begin building the next habit.

Mastery is the process of narrowing your focus to a tiny element of

success, repeating it until you have internalized the skill, and then

using this new habit as the foundation to advance to the next frontier

of your development. Old tasks become easier the second time around,

but it doesn’t get easier overall because now you’re pouring your

energy into the next challenge. Each habit unlocks the next level of

performance. It’s an endless cycle.

Although habits are powerful, what you need is a way to remain

conscious of your performance over time, so you can continue to refine

and improve. It is precisely at the moment when you begin to feel like

you have mastered a skill—right when things are starting to feel

automatic and you are becoming comfortable—that you must avoid

slipping into the trap of complacency.

The solution? Establish a system for reflection and review.

HOW TO REVIEW YOUR HABITS AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS

In 1986, the Los Angeles Lakers had one of the most talented

basketball teams ever assembled, but they are rarely remembered that

way. The team started the 1985–1986 NBA season with an astounding

29–5 record. “The pundits were saying that we might be the best team

in the history of basketball,” head coach Pat Riley said after the season.

Surprisingly, the Lakers stumbled in the 1986 playoffs and suffered a

season-ending defeat in the Western Conference Finals. The “best

team in the history of basketball” didn’t even play for the NBA

championship.

🟢📚هایلایت قسمت ۱۵۵ کتاب عادت های اتمی 📚🟢

✅ certain skills : مهارتهای خاص

✅ dribble : دریبل

✅ mastering : تسلط پیدا کردن

✅ layup: حرکت سه گام بسکتبال

✅ nondominant hand: دست ضعیفتر

✅ incision : برش(جراحی)

✅ variable : متغیر

✅ surgery : جراحی

✅ effortful : پر زحمت

✅ narrowing : محدود کردن

✅ tiny element: الِمان کوچک

✅ internalize: نهادینه کردن

✅ foundation : مبنا

✅ advance : پیشروی کردن

✅ frontier : ناحیه

✅ development : توسعه

✅ overall : در کل

✅ pouring : ریختن

✅ unlock : باز کردن

✅ performance : عملکرد

✅ endless : بی پایان

✅ conscious : آگاه

✅ refine: اصلاح کردن

✅ comfortable : راحت

✅ trap: دام

✅ complacency : خودپسندی

✅ solution : راه حا

✅ establish : ایجاد کردن

✅ reflection : بازتاب

✅ talent : استعداد

✅ assemble : دور هم جمع کردن

✅ rarely : به ندرت

✅ astounding : عالی و شگفت انگیز

✅ pundits : کارشناسان

✅ coach: مربی

✅ surprisingly: به طرز شگفت آوری

✅ stumble: لغزیدن

✅ playoffs : بازیهای حذفی

✅ championship : قهرمانی

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