62: Going Pro

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Characteristics of Going Pro:
  • Commits full-time (24-7)
  • Practices helpful routines regardless of mood
  • Fights The Resistance everyday
  • Knows how to Embrace the Suck (think like a Marine battling Life)
  • Shows up everyday
  • Shows up no matter what
  • Stays on task
  • Commits to the long haul
  • Gets paid
  • Doesn’t over-identify with the job
  • Knows the stakes are high and real
  • Develops mastery of one’s craft
  • Has a sense of humor
  • Receives REAL, not imaginary, praise and blame
  • Patient
  • Loves the game of the work
  • Conserves energy for the long haul, doesn’t flame out
  • Eliminates chaos to make room for creativity, etc.
  • Sees work as a craft, not as a mystical art
  • Acts in the face of fear
  • Makes no excuses
  • Doesn’t expect a level playing field
  • Prepares to accept the blows of  The Resistance
  • Has Style, but doesn’t show off (until it’s needed)
  • Dedicated to mastering techniques
  • Distances herself from her instrument – employs it, doesn’t become it
  • Doesn’t take failure personally
  • Endures
  • Isn’t hindered by external factors
  • Knows limitations
  • Asks for help
  • Reinvents himself
  • Respected by other Pros
  • Makes choices to beat The Resistance

 

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Going Pro inside us enables us to beat the Resistance and claim one’s destiny.

 

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Preparation Steps
  • Reflect on one’s own experiences of Going Pro – what did you do? how did it feel?
  • Research scaffolds that teach oneself and students how to build up the 4 resiliences (weapons against the Resistance).  See  Agency articles for ideas.
  • Build up reflection prompts that get students to reflect upon ways they want to (or have already gone) Pro
Early Implementation Steps
  • Be aware of signs of the Going Pro in the classroom – praise individuals for efforts that hint at Going Pro
  • Teach students to recognize and thwart symptoms of  The Resistance
  • Teach students to acknowledge when themselves and their Peers are Going Pro and to celebrate those efforts
  • Ask students to reflect upon and share experiences of times when they successfully showed signs of Going Pro.  Use these stories to extract general principles and strategies that can be practiced by teachers and students.
Advanced Implementation Steps
  • Let students listen to or read helpful excerpts from The War of Art for inspiration and generative reflections.
  • Have students reflection on classroom conditions & strategies that can be improved to help them Go Pro.  Trial, test, and refine these strategies.

 

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