Monday, December 12, 2016

pursuing mastery

I was doing some research the other day and something struck me. Most people who are at the top of their field or their craft never perfect what they are pursuing. They look like they are perfect to those looking at them but to them. they are still pushing to get to perfection.

This is what mastery is about, we are pursing mastery, knowing we will never achieve mastery.  I think those who truly want mastery embrace this knowing they will never get there.  Those that don't embrace this either quite or agree to live in mediocrity.

Knowing this then is the pursuit of mastery a de-motivating pursuit.  Working for something that if you are honest with yourself you will never achieve.  I guess that is one way of assessing what is going on, but for myself that thought of even getting close to mastery is motivating. The achievement is in the pursuit of the goal and not in attaining the goal.

This may be confusing but to me it does make sense.  The important thing is to keep straight in my head that as long as there is some improvement day to day, I am achieving what I set out to do.



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