Mastery

It has been quite a week in class.  We had a great deal of information given to us and all of it was really good.  I was most impressed with the opening chapters of the book entitled "Mastery".  This book discussed becoming a master of a skill or talent, but it was the description of a master that caught my attention.  To become a master you must enjoy the times of no progress.  You must not look to the nest break though but revel in the time when little or no progress is noticeable so as to master that stage of the learning process.  I had never thought of it that way.  The thought of using the plateau in your progress as a time to master the skills learned so far makes a great deal of sense.  Honing your skills as you advance means you do not have to work harder as you learn new things.  I like that.  In a video we watch it talked about making your decision not about you while they are about you.  This sounds like an oxymoron but they way I figured it, if we make decision about aspects of your lives that effect us, we need to consider others first and how our decision will affect them.  In this way we address the big picture in our lives and now just focus on "me."  This is always a good view to have.