Definition of mastery: the mysterious process during which what is at first difficult becomes progressively easier and more pleasurable through practice. On human nature:Man is a learning animal, and the essence of the species is encoded in that simple term. If you look at any religious description of hell, it is the same as human society, the way we dream. You’d be better off taking a low-paying job now that maybe comes with a great mentorship, which will lead you to excel in your field much faster than making all the dumb rookie mistakes and learning the hard way.

Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. But if human beings really are just naked apes, then Machiavelli is exactly whom you need to get to the top of the pile. When I don't respect myself, I feel sorry for myself, I feel I'm not good enough to make it in this world. I would like to say that I will re-read it to get more out of it second time around, but I doubt that I will.For the full details, examples and tips, do get a copy of the book, or get a detailed overview with our complete book summary bundle. because i really do appreciate a lot of the wisdom from the book, it was an easy and fast read (yes it took me months but it's because i completely stopped reading for a while LOL) for someone who is not the best or most experienced reader, and i do feel happier and more centered after reading it.

Few will find the book inaccessible—Greene covers virtually every possible field and often includes the connections between them, such as Yoky Mastuoka’s work on robotics and tennis. The bigger obstacles are fear and conformism, and we all have fear, and we all have some desire to conform. If we don't know who we are, it is because we have not cast off the brainwashing that each of us undergoes in the process of growing up. The only mastery programme perfectly aligned to the White Rose Maths progressions and schemes of learning.To get material on the contemporary masters, of whom there are nine in the book, Greene conducted in-depth interviews with each.