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Lesson 18 — One Craft, Repeated

Musashi's transfer

The Book of Five Rings claims mastery of one way teaches all ways: the attention, patience and honesty required transfer to everything else a man does.

Habit is the mechanism

Aristotle supplies the engine — repeated right action becomes character — and Rippetoe supplies the physical proof in progressive load.

Choose and stay

Pick one craft for the next five years. Depth is the rare thing; dabbling is abundant and cheap.

The Test

All questions must be correct for the lesson to log.

1. Musashi's claim about mastering one craft is that it:

2. The mechanism Aristotle supplies is: