Learning any new skill involves relatively brief spurts of progress, each of which is followed by a slight decline to a plateau somewhat higher in most cases than that which preceded it . . . the upward spurts vary; the plateaus have their own dips and rises along the way. . . .
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Zen Buddhism Teaches Us of the Importance of Living in the Present
By Tim Lott — 2012
Forget about learning from the past and applying those lessons to the future: reclaim and expand the present moment.
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