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7/25/2019 2. What is Mastery
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The trouble is that we have few, if any, maps to guide us on the
journey or even to show us how to find the path. The modern
world, in fact, can be viewed as a prodigious conspiracy against
mastery. We're continually bombarded with promises ofimmediate gratification, instant success, and fast, temporary
relief, all of which lead in exactly the wrong direction. Later,
we'll take a look at the uick!fix, anti!mastery mentality that
pervades our society, and see how it not only prevents us from
developing our potential skills but threatens our health,
education, career, relationships, and perhaps even our national
economic viability.
The evidence is clear" all of us who are born without serious
genetic defects are born geniuses. Without an iota of formal
instruction, we can master the overarching symbolic system of
spoken language# and not just one language but several. We
can decipher the complex code of facial expressions#a feat to
paraly$e the circuitry of even the most powerful computer. We
can decode and in one way or another express the subtleties ofemotional nuance. %ven without formal schooling, we can make
associations, create abstract categories, and construct
meaningful hierarchies. What's more, we can invent things never
before seen, ask uestions never before asked, and seek answers
from out beyond the stars. &nlike computers, we can fall in love.
The mastery curve
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There's really no way around it. Learning any new skill involves
relatively brief spurts of progress, each of which is followed by
a slight decline to a plateau somewhat higher in most cases than
that which preceded it. The curve above is necessarily ideali$ed.n the actual learning experience, progress is less regular( the
upward spurts vary( the plateaus have their own dips and rises
along the way. )ut the general progression is almost always the
same. To take the master's journey, you have to practice
diligently, striving to hone your skills, to attain new levels of
competence. )ut while doing so#and this is the inexorable fact
of the journey#you also have to be willing to spend most of
your time on a plateau, to keep practicing even when you seemto be getting nowhere.
*ow do you best move toward mastery+ To put it simply, you
practice diligently, but you practice primarilyfor the sake of the
practice itself. ather than being frustrated while on the plateau,
you learn to appreciate and enjoy it just as much as you do the
upward surges.