Weekly Question & Framework: July 19, 2024

Hello and welcome to the Curiosity Chronicle Weekly Question and Framework. In five minutes or less, I will give you one question and one framework to get you thinking going into the weekend. But first, a special announcement. Pre order My first book the Five Types of Wealth Today, your wealthy life may involve money, but in the end it will be defined by everything else. In this book, I offer a new way for you to think about your life centered around the five types of wealth time wealth, social wealth, mental wealth, physical wealth, and financial wealth. A new way to measure what matters, make better decisions, and design your life around the pillars that truly create lasting joy and fulfillment. If you've enjoyed any of my work, you're going to find immense value in this book. I guarantee it. It's time we all reject the default and build a life by design. To pre order the book today, go to the5typesofwealth.com or search the title on your favorite book site. Now on to today's piece A Question on the Path to Growth what if your path is a spiral? One of my favorite quotes comes from Siddhartha by Herman Hess. We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral. We have already climbed many steps. There are many moments on your journey where you'll feel stuck in a rut, like you're just spinning your wheels going in circles. Your lack of perceived progress sows the seeds of self doubt, anxiety and tension. Build you push harder, spin the wheels faster in the hopes that you'll break out. But inevitably, in these moments, I'm reminded of the Law of Reversed Effort, a phrase coined by author Aldous Huxley. The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed. Instead of pushing, pause to create space, zoom out and consider. What if your path is a spiral? What if you're not really going in circles but going upwards? What if things are exactly as they are meant to be? A Framework on the Journey to Mastery the Three Stages of Mastery the Shu Ha Ri model comes from traditional Japanese martial arts. It breaks down the journey to mastery into three stages. 1. Shu to obey learn to operate according to the rules 2ha to break begin to challenge and adapt the rules and three Re to transcend create new rules. The first stage is about learning the existing conventions. This is an essential stage as it creates the foundation off of which mastery is built. The second stage is about beginning to challenge those existing conventions. You test the boundaries, bend and innovate in context specific ways. You are still using the existing rules and just manipulating them. On the edges. The third stage, Re, is about complete separation from the existing conventions. You are creating your own conventions beyond the frontier of what was previously understood or possible. Neo's journey in the Matrix is a perfect illustration of the model. 1 Neo learns the rules, training, jumping across buildings, etc. 2 Neo breaks the rules, storms in to rescue Morpheus, dodging bullets from the agents and realizing he can move just as fast as them, and 3 Neo creates his own rules, stopping bullets in midair. So where are you on your journey to mastery? Is it time you started breaking a few of the rules? Or are you ready to create your your own? That's all for today's piece. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you learned something, and I hope you'll share it with others. As always, until next time, stay curious friends.