Ultimately, human intentionality is the most powerful evolutionary force on this planet.

Even without comparing ourselves to the world's greatest, we set such high standards for ourselves that neither we nor anyone else could ever meet them-and nothing is more destructive to creativity than this. We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives.

If you intend to take the journey of mastery, the best thing you can do is to arrange for first-rate instruction.

What if you're practicing wrong? Then you get very good at doing something wrong.

At the root of all power and motion, at the burning center of existence itself, there is music and rhythm.

Mastery is a journey, and that the master must have the courage to risk failure.

Mastery is the art of setting your foot on the path.