Mastery (The Modern Machiavellian Robert Greene Book 1)

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The only solution is the following: We must learn how to quiet the anxiety we feel whenever we are confronted with anything that seems complex or chaotic.

Volumes of text may not have any influence on a person and a single phrase might be enough to change destinies. With its antidotal stories or the peak into the lives of people that used the Mastery method, this book is an enjoyable read as well as an easy learn of the keys. And sometimes, knowing little or nothing about the process that leads to mastery, we don't even realize a choice is being offered. It directed you toward activities and subjects that fit your natural inclinations, that sparked a curiosity that was deep and primal.Michael Murphy, author of Golf in the Kingdom and The Future of the BodyDrawing on Zen philosophy and his expertise in the martial art of aikido, bestselling author Gorge Leonard shows how the process of mastery can help us attain a higher level of excellence and a deeper sense of satisfaction and fulfillment in our daily lives.

For the angel’s face, he experimented with his paints and mixed a new blend that gave it a kind of soft radiance that expressed the angel’s sublime mood. With this seminal text as a guide, readers will learn how to unlock the passion within and become masters. This intelligence is cultivated by deeply immersing ourselves in a field of study and staying true to our inclinations, no matter how unconventional our approach might seem to others.

In this awareness, the man or woman on the path of mastery sometimes makes a conscious decision to do just that. Complacency: Constantly remind yourself of how little you truly know, and of how mysterious the world remains. Mastery: You've been a humble student and has attained the knowledge about the internal semantics of your skill, it's time for you to invent something new and substantial with your knowledge.

The wide-ranging apprenticeship of your twenties will yield the opposite— expanding possibilities as you get older.This craftsmanship involves creating something with an elegant, simple structure, getting the most out of your materials— a high form of creativity. You assume that the parts of any whole interact with one another and cannot be completely separated. You settle into it as if into your favorite easy chair, unaware of time and the turbulence of the world. Creative active phase: After learning the skill inside-out, you start experimenting on the skill by being creative, you need to let go of the fixed mindset, complacency and need to accept criticism.

Conservatism: If you gain any kind of attention or success for your work in this phase, you face the great danger of creeping conservatism. Occupy the perfect niche: Find where your interests align in a field to identify a particular niche that you can dominate. George Leonard's Mastery is a one of the most insightful and practical books which can show you how can you become a master of any field that you choose.The point of little or no progress where we spend most of our lives: practicing until you break through to the next one. And despite the fact that the others were only millimeters behind him, the victory was his and only his. It may even put his life on the line, but what matters to him is living to the fullest, not counting the years. The problem with such repetitive phrasing is that just having read it in the last chapter, our brains are inclined to think we’ve read what follows this before, and so we skim. He makes the distinction here, too, that you shouldn’t let it be separate from your life: “Work is often seen as a means for making money so we can enjoy that second life that we lead.