To reach an audacious goal, we sometimes benefit from having it lie just beyond our grasp.

The pursuit of mastery is an ever-onward almost.

Coming close to what you thought you wanted can help you attain what you never dreamed you could.

Pain is not a punishment. And pleasure is not a reward. You could argue that failure is not punishment and Success is not reward. They're just failure and success. You can choose how you respond.

Mastery is in constantly wanting to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

Grit is not just simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest, and do it again and again.

Masters 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.