Chapter 20: The Downside to Creating Good Habits

Question 1

What is the cost of habits?

Answer 1

You become less sensitive to feedback; develop the attitude of “Good Enough” instead of “Be Better”

-Avoid the trap of complacency

Question 2

What is Mastery?

Answer 2

The process of narrowing your focus to a tiny element of success, repeating it until you have internalized it, and then using that habit to advance to the next stage of your development.

-Master a Habit, then Master a Field

Question 3

What is the Rule of Mastery?

Answer 3

Habits + Deliberate Practice = Mastery

Question 4

What is the Career Best Effort (CBE) program?

Answer 4

To improve output by at least 1%, then reflect and review to become aware of mistakes and improve on those.

Question 5

What is Improvement?

Answer 5

The fine-tuning of your habits

Question 6

What does Reflection do for you?

Answer 6

It brings perspective and helps you to form your identity

Question 7

What should you avoid when making your Identity?

Answer 7

Don’t make a single thing about yourself your identity; you are more than one thing

Question 8

What should your Identity be?

Answer 8

It should be who you are, not what you do