Micromastery
39 Little Skills to Help You Find Happiness
$30.53
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2018
Summary
We are not born to be specialists. Feed your curiosity and become a Micromaster.
We read that we must be passionate about only one thing, that 10,000 hours of hard practice is needed to achieve mastery. But in fact most successful people, including Nobel prize winners, nurture multiple areas of knowledge and activity that feed their central subject.
Whether it’s making a perfect souffle, dancing a tango or lighting a fire, when we take the time to cultivate small and quantifia…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241280065 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241280060 |
| Author: | Robert Twigger |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Life |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2018 |
| Weight: | 181g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Brilliant … . mastering a series of small tasks has created pockets of perfection through my day, and made me calmer and happier in the process
Brilliant… . mastering a series of small tasks has created pockets of perfection through my day, and made me calmer and happier in the process – Rachel Kelly, author of ‘Walking on Sunshine: 52 Small Steps to Happiness’
Micromastery is a triumph. A brilliant idea, utterly convincing, and superbly carried through. I read it with delight, and instantly vowed to put more conviction into the latest thing I’m trying… You’re on to a winner here – Philip Pullman, author of the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy
I couldn’t stop telling people about this book. Wise and joyful, it genuinely changed the way I thought about learning - and it left me bursting to put it into action – Tim Harford, author of ‘Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy’
Robert Twigger
Robert Twigger is an author, adventure traveller and apprentice micromaster. His first book, Angry White Pyjamas, about a year spent in a Japanese martial arts dojo, won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award and the Somerset Maugham Award. He has lectured on risk management, polymathics and leadership at Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford University, the Royal College of Art, and to companies including P&G, Maersk shipping, Oracle computing and SAB Miller.
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