#shuhari — Public Fediverse posts

So you practised for 10,000 hours but you’re still not an expert. What happens next? How to learn deliberate practice: <https://writingslowly.com/2026/06/15/how-to-learn-deliberate-practice.html>

#ShuHaRi
#Expertise
#LearningStrategies
#PersonalGrowth

Was Saito Ueshiba's worst student?
https://gist.github.com/sleepyfox/3ad252f65de38be88a96484b482b0dcb
#Aikido #ShuHaRi

A 2-day Scrum Master certification doesn't make you a master. It barely makes you a beginner.

The Japanese concept of Shu-Ha-Ri says: First learn the rules. Then question them. Then transcend them. Most teams skip straight to "transcend" and wonder why nothing works.

#agile #shuhari

"The expert’s trap is where you start thinking of yourself as having gone beyond the need to learn anything new."

What did the legendary Zen maverick Ikkyū Sōjun teach about overcoming the expert’s trap? Find out in The Paradox of Mastery.

#ShuHaRi #Learning #Buddhism #ContinuousLearning #Japan https://writingslowly.com/2026/05/18/the-paradox-of-mastery-why.html

💬 I want to be just like him.

Imitation is one of the most powerful and underrated stages of learning. Billy Strings' story of learning guitar by watching his dad is the clearest example I’ve ever seen.

https://writingslowly.com/2026/02/20/i-want-to-be-just.html

#Learning #Education #Music #ShuHaRi

"💬 “If it takes three years, find the right teacher.”"

Sometimes the best way to find the right teacher is to start doing the work. Begin your learning journey visibly, and mentors may find you - like the barn builder who attracted an expert just by working in his driveway. Read more: https://writingslowly.com/2026/02/09/find-the-right-teacher.html

How did you find your mentor?

#Learning #Mentorship #Writing #Creativity #Action #shuhari

Discovery, aesthetics, and the art of self-publishing: my latest post explores Leonard Koren’s influence on my new book, Shu Ha Ri.

https://writingslowly.com/2026/02/07/leonard-koren-on-life-as.html

#WabiSabi #ShuHaRi #Japan #Aesthetics #WritingCommunity

A channel of the Katsura River at Arashiyama, Kyoto.
Reviewing my photographs really makes me wish I was back in Japan.

I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, available now.

#Japan #Kyoto #ShuHaRi #JapaneseCulture #JapaneseAesthetics #Photography https://writingslowly.com/shuhari-book

Dick Fosbury looked foolish jumping backwards at the 1968 Olympics. But he was willing to be a beginner again on the world stage, and the 'Fosbury Flop' changed high jumping forever. True experts aren't afraid to start over.
https://writingslowly.com/2026/01/18/the-spiral-of-mastery-why.html
#LifelongLearning #learning #BeginnersMind #GrowthMindset #ShuHaRi

My tennis serve was rough after a long time off. But drilling the basics reminded me mastery is a loop. To move forward you have to be ready to go back to the start.

https://writingslowly.com/2026/01/18/the-spiral-of-mastery-why.html

#shuhari #Shoshin #ZenMind #Philosophy #Mindfulness #Wisdom

Looking back at 2025: a year of writing slowly but thinking with curiosity. 🖋️

From the note-making of Roland Barthes and Leibniz to reflections on AI and Japanese learning methods, here is a full archive of last year’s posts: Link

#Writing #Zettelkasten #PKM #AI #Learning #Blog #2025 #Shuhari https://writingslowly.com/2026/01/06/the-posts-of.html

"“Bun without bu means authority withers, while bu without bun means the people remain in fear and distant.” —Fujiwara Shigenori, 1254."

Medieval Japan understood that true mastery requires balance. My latest article explores bunbu ichi and why “artists and fighters” belong together.

Read more: The unity of pen and sword: understanding bunbu ichi

#Bunbu #JapanesePhilosophy #Shuhari #SamuraiCulture #MedievalJapan ... https://writingslowly.com/2025/12/30/bun-without-bu-means-authority.html

💬"The term “breaking the mold” is common, but without having learned anything from others, one cannot depart from or break away from anything.” - Prof. Shigeru Ushida."

#shuhari #education #lifelonglearning https://writingslowly.com/2025/12/13/shu-ha-ri-and-the.html

Towards sunset, beneath Fushimi Inari Taisha, the city of Kyoto is laid out like a silver plate.

I’m the author of Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, available now.

#Kyoto #FushimiInariTaisha #Japan #SunsetView #JapanTravel #JapanPhotography #VisitJapan #ShuHaRi #JapaneseCulture https://writingslowly.com/shuhari-book

"💬 “You cannot transcend a craft you have not yet learned.”"

https://hachyderm.io/@macf00bar/115499441064258172

#shuhari #LifelongLearning

Remembering Tea Master Sen Genshitsu (1923-2025), who spread peace through sipping.

His philosophy is quoted on page 53 of my book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning: https://writingslowly.com/shuhari-book

#SenGenshitsu #Chado #Peace #ShuHaRi #UNESCO https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-deeply-saddened-death-goodwill-ambassador-sen-genshitsu

📷 From the top of the castle the town seemed to have been poured into its valley, where it flowed gently.

My book, Shu Ha Ri: The Japanese Way of Learning, for Artists and Fighters, is out now. Please check it out.

#Matsumoto #Photography #JapanCulture #ShuHaRi #Learning #Nonfiction #JapanTravel https://writingslowly.com/shuhari-book/