Learn the time-tested system for achieving life success by design, vs. random success by accident, trial, and error. — What Is Life Crafting? Life Crafting means skillfully shaping 5 key areas of your life incrementally over your lifetime, in line with a vision of what your life can be by knowing what you are going to do, then learning and practicing your skills using a clear recipe vs. living…

Would you leave a masterpiece watercolor painting in the rain? Protect your ‘life’ masterpiece against the effects of the Four Forces. — Since human beings first created the artifacts that uniquely mark our species among all others on the planet, there has been a recognition that whenever one sets out to create a masterpiece in any medium; tangible or intangible, there are forces at work in space-time that must be skillfully managed…

A Model for LIFE CRAFTING: Making a Masterpiece of Your Life — For thousands of years, human beings have organized, learned, and practiced our trades, occupations, and professions. What is generally overlooked in our modern world of complex career specializations, is the long-standing, ancient framework for skills development in use to this day in both the mind-crafts and hand-crafts practiced in every…

Recognizing the link between reflection and personal development. — As I have previously written describing ‘The Way of Craftsmanship’ as practiced for centuries across cultures, mindfully developing, and practicing the skill of ‘reflection’ is a key characteristic separating a skilled practitioner of a craft from a master of the craft. What Is Reflection? Reflection is a way of knowing and creating meaning…

The System to Make a Masterpiece of Your Life — In the past decade a new dimension in education is taking root in high schools, colleges and universities around the world including Harvard, the University of California at Berkeley and Rotterdam university to name just a few. A new subject called life crafting has been added to their curriculums that…

How one practitioner’s dedication to finding a cure for human suffering changed the world. — There is a story about a man named ‘Sid’ who was deeply concerned with the subject of mental health and well-being. Particularly with the cause of emotional suffering and distress which he saw everywhere in the world around him. At about age 30, he decided to dedicate his life to…

What you decide to learn and practice throughout your lifetime is your life curriculum. How well is yours organized, or not? — If you look at what you have learned thus far in your lifetime, the knowledge content you received in your early years up to age 12–14, probably came directly from your primary caregivers; your natural or surrogate parents (i.e.) your family. That curriculum was likely a combination of what they…

Welcome to the Life Masterpiece Workshop | Life Crafting Master Class. — A personal workspace is critical to your personal growth. As a reader of Personal Growth here on Medium, you already know first-hand, the dedication of its Editors to provide you with quality content you can use in your personal development journey. Imagine you’ve just read a great article. How will you go from understanding an important idea to putting…

A 60,000 hour journey to the center of yourself — It is widely believed that it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something. In Japan, some craftspeople take 60,000 hours to achieve mastery in a particular craft. These individuals are known as ‘takumi’; masters of their craft. …