I take issue with the old proverb that "A jack of all trades is a master of none." I was disabused of this take on things during my frequent visits to a mentors studio in Baltimore. Warburton was not the master of my apprenticeship by any means. I didn't know what I wanted to be, …
Acorns to Oaks
We all want to be instant experts. One of my sensei describes this in terms of the training montages that are standard fare in martial arts movies; the neophyte progresses from clumsy beginner to skilled pro in thirty seconds of cinematic snapshots. The rest of us suffer from dissatisfaction and disappointment from being less than optimal for much longer.

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