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George Leonard
“What is mastery? At the heart of it, mastery is practice. Mastery is staying on the path.”
George Leonard, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

“There will always be those whose instinct inclines towards submission to authority, who are happy to shift beliefs in accordance with the fashion or decrees from above. Orwell called this the 'gramophone mind', content to play the record of the moment whether or not one is in agreement”
Andrew Doyle, Free Speech And Why It Matters

George Leonard
“Excessive use of external motivation can slow and even stop your journey to mastery.”
George Leonard, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

George Leonard
“Then there are those of us who are simply self-critical. 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. ​Chapter 13 Mastering the Commonplace Our preoccupation with goals, results, and the quick fix has separated us from our own experiences. To put it more starkly, it has robbed us of countless hours of the time of our lives. We awaken in the morning and hurry to get dressed. (Getting dressed doesn’t count.) We hurry to eat breakfast so that we can leave for work. (Eating breakfast doesn’t count.) We hurry to get to work. (Getting to work doesn’t count.) Maybe work will be interesting and satisfying and we won’t have to simply endure it while waiting for lunchtime to come. And maybe lunch will bring a warm, intimate meeting, with fascinating conversation. But”
George Leonard, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

George Leonard
“The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes.”
George Leonard, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

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