How to Use The “Intentional Growth Framework” to Keep Improving Your Craft Forever: Explained in Visuals

Create an internal stimulus to improve that never dies.

Generated with Leonardo.AI

The impact of your work depends on two factors:

• The quantity of your input.
• The quality of your input.

While much has been written about working “more”, this article deals with working “better”.

To that end, consider these questions.

• Who is the better doctor: the one practicing for 5 years or the one practicing for 20 years?
• Who is the better salesman: the person selling for 5 years or the one selling for 20 years?
• Who is the better teacher: the one teaching for 5 years or the one teaching for 20 years?

Most would be inclined to answer, “the latter” assuming more experience equals more improvement.

But this is only a half-truth because not all action leads to improvement. In the book Peak, Anders Ericsson says —

“Research has shown that generally speaking, once a person reaches that level of “acceptable” performance and automaticity, the additional years of “practice” don’t lead to improvement.”