"You can achieve incomparable levels of skill through incomparable spirit and commitment." ~ Michael Jordan
Yesterday, on a conference call with my ScreenwritingU fellows, I learned about various philosophies that are to help me as a writer. And this is when I (re-)learned of this fabulous Japanese philosophy: Kaizen (改善).
It was a breakthrough. The concept is simple--try to improve yourself (or in my case my writing) every day, by just 1%. And by the end of the year, you'll have improved by 365%!
So I've decided to follow the Kaizen way and find a way to improve my writing, every day. Be it conceptualizing, improving my grammar, my descriptions, my dialogues, my characters--anything! But this way, one day, I too will achieve incomparable levels of skill!
Yesterday, on a conference call with my ScreenwritingU fellows, I learned about various philosophies that are to help me as a writer. And this is when I (re-)learned of this fabulous Japanese philosophy: Kaizen (改善).
It was a breakthrough. The concept is simple--try to improve yourself (or in my case my writing) every day, by just 1%. And by the end of the year, you'll have improved by 365%!
So I've decided to follow the Kaizen way and find a way to improve my writing, every day. Be it conceptualizing, improving my grammar, my descriptions, my dialogues, my characters--anything! But this way, one day, I too will achieve incomparable levels of skill!
Goal #1: Wake up 1 hour early every day and actually get some writing done!
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Technically, I learned about this technique in Bujinkan first (an awesome martial art, THE martial art, as far as I'm concerned :p ).
ReplyDeleteinspired! i'll start preparing for class BEFORE class!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that'll come in handy--glad I could inspire you to it!
ReplyDeleteNote in passing, didn't manage to wake up at 5am like intended; could be because I didn't fall asleep till 1.
First day of Kaizen - fail. :( (but I'll catch up after work!)