{"id":21,"date":"2010-05-14T13:11:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T21:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.luminet.org\/?p=16"},"modified":"2010-05-14T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T21:11:49","slug":"the-fundamentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/2010\/05\/14\/the-fundamentals\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fundamentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The key to success is the mastery of the fundamentals.\u00a0 We may find ourselves in an endless search for that elusive secret only to eventually realize that the answer lies in the simplicity of the fundamentals.\u00a0 However, gaining mastery of the fundamentals is certainly not easy.\u00a0 For example, we might all agree that we should learn to practice the Golden Rule &#8211; treat others as you would have them treat you.\u00a0 However, putting this into practice consistently can be quite a challenge.\u00a0 It requires a real commitment and effort.\u00a0 So it is with all things in life.\u00a0 If we are truly honest with ourselves, we know in our hearts what is right and what it is that we should do, but actually doing it consistently is not such a simple matter.\u00a0 The lesson here is that if you seek the key to success in any endeavor, look to the fundamentals and practice them with devotion.\u00a0 It is only by doing so that you will build a strong foundation while gradually discovering the deeper subtleties that will make you a true master.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The key to success is the mastery of the fundamentals.\u00a0 We may find ourselves in an endless search for that elusive secret only to eventually realize that the answer lies in the simplicity of the fundamentals.\u00a0 However, gaining mastery of the fundamentals is certainly not easy.\u00a0 For example, we might all agree that we should &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/2010\/05\/14\/the-fundamentals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Fundamentals&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luminet.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}