Mastery requires endurance. Mastery, a word we donโt use often, is not the equivalent of what we might consider its cognateโperfectionismโan inhuman aim motivated by a concern with how others view us. Mastery is also not the same as successโan event-based victory based on a peak point, a punctuated moment in time. Mastery is not merely a commitment to a goal, but to a curved-line, constant pursuit.
Sarah LewisSuccess is a label that the world confers on you, but mastery is an ever-onward 'almost.'
Sarah LewisMasters are not experts because they take a subject to its conceptual end. They are masters because they realize that there isn't one. On utterly smooth ground, the path from aim to attainment is in the permanent future.
Sarah Lewis