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As with so many things in life, the pursuit of mastery is all in our head.
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As wonderful as flow is, the path to mastery – becoming ever better at something you care about – is not lined with daisies and spanned by a rainbow… Mastery hurts.
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If people are conscious of what puts them in flow, they’ll have a clearer idea of what they should devote the time and dedication to master.
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…those moments of flow in the course of pursuing excellence can help people through the rough parts.
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This is the nature of mastery: Mastery is an asymptote. You can approach it. You can home in on it. You can get really, really, really close to it. But… you can never touch it. Mastery is impossible to fully realize.
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Why reach for something you can never fully attain? The joy is in the pursuit more than the realization. In the end, mastery attracts precisely because mastery eludes.
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…flow, the deep sense of engagement… isn’t a nicety. It’s a necessity. We need it to survive. It is the oxygen of the soul.
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Left to their own devices… children seek out flow with the inevitability of a natural law. So should we all.
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The most deeply motivated people – not to mention those who are most productive and satisfied – hitch their desires to a cause larger than themselves.
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Autonomous people working toward mastery perform at very high levels. But those who do so in the service of some greater objective can achieve even more.
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