The Importance of Leveling Up

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Graham Brown: Progressing in a sport is not just incremental, it's about unlocking things that are a step function change. He says there are points in your progression where doing more volume will get you nowhere. What I have called levels are better described as world's or spheres. In the investing field, an analyst who apprentices and then achieves expertise on professionalism within a certain sphere might define what level of game is possible.

The Playing Field by Graham Duncan is BY FAR the best piece of writing I've read on the journey we must all make to reach mastery in our fields. While Graham writes about the journey to master the art of investing, everything in it is broadly generalizable.

In Graham’s view we must all progress from apprentice, to professional, to self-actualization, operating at scale with impact, and eventually (if we make it) mentoring the new generation. It’s a wonderful meditation on mastery — what it is, what it looks like, and most importantly the journey to get there.

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