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When family craft legacy creates performance pressure

My grandfather was a master carpenter and everyone expects me to be naturally good at woodworking but my hands feel clumsy and foreign with his tools.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Inherited expectation can poison the well from which natural ability might otherwise spring.

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“Where Are You with Craft traditions across cultures — the shokunin?”

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