"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities,
but in the expert's there are few." -Shunryu Suzuki
 

What is the beginner's mind?  It's an attitude of possibility.  It's tapping into that child-like wonder and curiosity. You don't know what you don't know and that's okay.  It's leaving room for your knowledge and experience to change; avoiding the rut or rigid thinking.

When we've gained some mastery over a skill it's quite easy to forget how long it took us to get there.  The feeling of beginning is far from our minds.  The Spring Season is often a season of new beginnings.  As we roll into this changing season, let's experiment.

Pick something that you have experience with and/or good at and imagine having to explain it to someone for the first time.  Imagine that they have never seen this skill in action.  What would you say?  How would you say it?  What would you show them? What aspects of this skill would you deem most important? 

As our skills improve, it's likely you can perform them on auto-pilot.  How many times have you driven yourself home only to find that you have no memory of the drive?

There's nothing inherently wrong with operating on auto-pilot.  However, things get difficult when numerous areas of our lives are lived this way.  Mindless scrolling, eating, binge-watching, workouts, yoga, conversation, etc.  Many of us live 24/7 on auto-pilot.  This makes it impossible to get truly good at anything.  Your best self doesn't happen on auto-pilot. 

What if you changed things up?  What if you picked one thing from your life and decided I'm going to try this a different way.  I'm going to open myself up to the possibility that maybe there's an easier way, maybe there's new information, maybe taking a 'fresh eyes' approach will teach me something new.

Now it's time for action.  Accept the challenge to experiment in your life with cultivating a beginner's mind.