{"id":1175,"date":"2014-09-08T10:05:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T17:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthurcoddington.com\/?p=1175"},"modified":"2017-11-29T09:52:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T17:52:51","slug":"deep-mastery-repetition-problem-solving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arthurcoddington.com\/deep-mastery-repetition-problem-solving\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Deep Mastery from Repetition: Problem Solving"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Repetition<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the fourth and final article about using repetition toward deep mastery. So far, we have explored discipline<\/a> and expertise<\/a> and expression<\/a>. Repetition can take us to an even deeper level when we integrate it with problem solving.<\/p>\n

LEVEL 4 – REPETITION CREATES ELEGANT SOLUTIONS<\/h2>\n

It’s easy to be expressive when things are going right. Things are flowing. We’re in a rhythm using our skills, connecting it to how what we want to express. <\/p>\n

Then shit happens. <\/p>\n

Have you logged enough repetitions that you can adapt? Level 4 is about getting past challenges.<\/p>\n

At first, simply continuing when problems arise is hard. We don’t even know what to do when things go wrong. We get confused. We panic. Most of us need to experience an emergency to know how to get out of one. Pilots use flight simulators for this. They use traditional classroom and book instruction to learn the solutions in different scenarios. Flight simulators make the scenarios real. Their repetition is about learning to stay calm under pressure. They fail and learn from it. In some ways, it’s a repeat of Level 2 – learning the skill of fixing things.<\/p>\n

Becoming adept enough to find solutions is good, but the beauty of problem solving is when it goes beyond fixing to elegance and creativity. <\/p>\n

Being calm under pressure is valuable. Being creatively calm is invaluable. It’s what lets you land a plane in the Hudson River<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Raw, undirected talent dismisses mistakes. At Level 4 we notice their potential. Creativity is the goal of repetition here. Turning accident to advantage. <\/p>\n