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Mastery
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The point is to attain mastery. I have yet to conquer TV, but my wheelhouse is standing in front of a crowd and communicating about business and issues that I care about. When I do that, I’m in a flow state, which is the signature sensation of mastery.
The ultimate goal of practice is to reach a state of what K. Anders Ericsson calls “eminent performance,” when a person goes “beyond the knowledge of their teachers to make a unique innovative contribution to their domain.
The ability to focus on ultimate intrinsic desires, not only on secondary goals, is a cornerstone of personal mastery.
Mastery by George Leonard.