Mastery.
Is it achievable?
Or
Is the idea of achieving “mastery” the entirely wrong conversation?
Focusing on mastery remains a befuddling mystery (to me).
Yes, Malcolm Gladwell professed in Outliers his “10,000-Hour Rule” to master a skill. But it sure seems like the wrong target.
I have been studying courage for almost a decade now.
I don’t see myself as a master of this topic;
I see myself as a never-ending learner…
…a committed re-examiner…
on a constant pursuit of getting better.
If you’ve seen my keynotes, then you know they have evolved over time;
Not revolutions but evolutions.
Presentations built off iterations.
Each conveying little optimizations and tests with the hope of best delivering the current version of the truth to an audience.
But enough about me.
Where might YOU put your focus?
Pick one thing.
Know IT IS JUST one topic.
“The person who chases two rabbits catches neither” – Confucius
What are you curious about?
What’s worth committing your precious time to?
If you keep waking up thinking about an idea or topic, that’s the one.
It could be a sport.
It could be a script.
It could be sales.
Find that topic you just have to study.
Run at it. Wrestle with it.
Let it shape you as much as you shape it.
Mastery isn’t the endgame.
The real breakthrough happens when you fall in love with the pursuit.
I’ve shared this before:
It’s NOT, “the pursuit of happiness.”
It IS, “the pursuit IS happiness.”
My Kind of People
I recently joined the two brilliant ones — Chris Danton and Kirsten Ludwig — on their Good Thinking podcast. They were quite curious what I had learned from the 220+ podcasts guest I’ve had on my show. It forced me in all the right ways to find a few themes and commonalities I’ve seen across my guests. It lead to a juicy conversation about the importance of keeping it real, leading through uncertainty, and what it really takes to build brave brands. Spoiler: mastery helps, but mindset matters more.
