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PRAXIS. (noun) from the ancient Greek πρᾶξις: The process by which a theory or skill is enacted or realised. Putting ideas into practice; concrete action; doing.

Richard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World

What exactly is “practice”? In The Reflective Practitioner, Donald Schon identifies the essential principles of practice as experimentation in a “virtual world.” A virtual world is a “constructed representation of the real world.”

Peter M. Senge • The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization

Practice. A customary action that shapes one’s capacity. We are practicing animals (Stoterdijk) within an ecology of practice (EOP).

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The Practice

Seth Godin

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👷 Games I made - a list of social practices

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The “practice problem” is the tendency people have to practice something they sense is not wise to practice (a “bad habit”), not practicing something they sense is wise to practice, and/or not having a good sense of what is wise to practice. This leads to a practice soup (sister concept: “thought soup”), an incoherent EOP, adopted in an unexamined ... See more

Peter Limberg • Less Foolish | Peter N Limberg | Substack

“Practice” made its way into our language by way of the Greek word praktikē , meaning “active,” and the Old French pratique , which actually means “experience.”

Process, on the other hand, originates in Latin as procedere and in French as proces , which mean something more akin to “a methodical series of steps.” Those steps lead toward something, as... See more

Dan Hunt • Internet as Practice

“Deliberate practice” is a step above “purposeful practice.” Purposeful practice is about picking one thing to work on based on your own perceived weakness. Deliberate practice is about knowing the full map of a craft, pursuing all ends at once, and following the guidance of an expert.

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