One of the passages that stood out to me the most was how we tend to want the immediate result, but this mindset is dangerous to true mastery because it takes away our patience and defeats us when we're not gratified immediately by our work. This sentence from the book explains it very well:
"The modern world, in fact, can be viewed as a prodigious conspiracy against mastery. We're continually bombarded with promises of immediate gratification, instant success, the fast, temporary relief, all which lead in exactly the wrong direction.... it not only prevents us from developing our potential skills but threatens our health, education, career, relationships, and perhaps even our national economic viability."
Goodness, all this can happen from simply wanting the now? But I've been guilty of that so many times and I am still fighting battles between patience and intolerance almost every day.
Perhaps the road will be a difficult one, but the path to mastery is one that should be taken slowly but surely in order to experience the satisfaction that can only come from a lifetime of study and discipline. If I can practice effective goal setting, try to practice good character attributes and practice my skills often, maybe one day I will be a master of both my passion and myself.
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