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    The document provides an overview and key points from the book "Mastery" by George Leonard. 1) It discusses the true journey to mastery, which involves plateaus of practice before moments of progress, and the need to incorporate new learnings into one's brain structures over time through consistent effort. 2) It outlines five keys to success in mastery: finding a teacher, committing to practice, surrendering to failure, being intentional, and pushing one's limits. 3) It describes tools for overcoming resistance to mastery, such as expecting and negotiating with resistance, developing consistent habits, and spending energy through action to generate more energy.

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    The document provides an overview and key points from the book "Mastery" by George Leonard. 1) It discusses the true journey to mastery, which involves plateaus of practice before moments of progress, and the need to incorporate new learnings into one's brain structures over time through consistent effort. 2) It outlines five keys to success in mastery: finding a teacher, committing to practice, surrendering to failure, being intentional, and pushing one's limits. 3) It describes tools for overcoming resistance to mastery, such as expecting and negotiating with resistance, developing consistent habits, and spending energy through action to generate more energy.

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    The document provides an overview and key points from the book "Mastery" by George Leonard. 1) It discusses the true journey to mastery, which involves plateaus of practice before moments of progress, and the need to incorporate new learnings into one's brain structures over time through consistent effort. 2) It outlines five keys to success in mastery: finding a teacher, committing to practice, surrendering to failure, being intentional, and pushing one's limits. 3) It describes tools for overcoming resistance to mastery, such as expecting and negotiating with resistance, developing consistent habits, and spending energy through action to generate more energy.

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    The document provides an overview and key points from the book "Mastery" by George Leonard. 1) It discusses the true journey to mastery, which involves plateaus of practice before moments of progress, and the need to incorporate new learnings into one's brain structures over time through consistent effort. 2) It outlines five keys to success in mastery: finding a teacher, committing to practice, surrendering to failure, being intentional, and pushing one's limits. 3) It describes tools for overcoming resistance to mastery, such as expecting and negotiating with resistance, developing consistent habits, and spending energy through action to generate more energy.

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    Some of the key takeaways from the book are understanding the journey to mastery as a process of plateaus and progress rather than a constant upward trajectory, finding a teacher or mentor, committing to regular practice, surrendering to failures and setbacks, and pushing one's limits.

    The 5 essential keys to mastery according to the book are finding a teacher or mentor, committing to regular practice, surrendering to guidance and failures, being intentional in one's efforts, and pushing the limits of what is considered possible.

    Some tools described for handling resistance or homeostasis include expecting it as a normal part of the process, negotiating with resistance by starting small, and developing consistency in one's efforts.

    Mastery 

    George Leonard 
     

    Book Overview from the Publisher 


    Drawing  on  Zen  philosophy  and  his  expertise  in  the  martial  art  of  aikido,  bestselling  author  Gorge 
    Leonard  shows  how  the  process  of  mastery  can  help  us  attain  a  higher  level of excellence and a deeper 
    sense  of  satisfaction  and  fulfillment  in  our  daily  lives.  Whether  you're  seeking  to  improve  your  career or 
    your  intimate  relationships,  increase  self-esteem  or  create  harmony  within  yourself,  this  inspiring 
    prescriptive guide will help you master anything you choose and achieve success in all areas of your life. 

    In ​Mastery​, you'll discover:  


    • The 5 Essential Keys to Mastery  
    • Tools for Mastery  
    • How to Master Your Athletic Potential  
    • The 3 Personality Types That Are Obstacles to Mastery  
    • How to Avoid Pitfalls Along the Path 
    . . . and more 
     

    KEY POINTS COVERED IN THIS SUMMARY: 


    1. Understanding the journey -​ Default thinking vs. the truth about the 
    journey to mastery 
    2. Keys to success in mastery ​- Important steps and mindsets 
    3. Tools for mastery ​- Ways to handle resistance or homeostasis 

    1) Understanding the Journey 


     
    The  first  big  idea  of  mastery  is  understanding  that  there  is  a  journey  involved  in  this  whole 
    mastery process.  
     
    Default  Thinking  on  Journey  to  Mastery:  ​In  this  journey,  the  only  way  is  up  and  you'll  be 
    constantly  in  progress.  If  you  hit  some  plateaus  or  some  hard  times,  it  means  you’re  doing 
    things wrong and that you can't figure it out.  
     
    The True Journey to Mastery: 
    ● The  journey  of  mastery  is not in an upward direction but is more like ​a series of plateaus 
    followed by a little bit of progress.  
     

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    Plateau ➜ a steep curve of learning ➜ a little dip ➜ a plateau again (and so on and so forth) 
     
    ● The plateau is the longest part of the whole journey 
    ○ This  is  where  you  practice  the  usual stuff repeatedly without seeing results for a 
    while. 
    ○ Lots  of  time  and  energy  are  spent  on  this  plateau  but  you  have  to  give 
    everything you’ve got while here. 
     
    ● After  each  learning  curve,  the  brain  has  to  take  on a new learning, incorporate it into its 
    own structures, and habituate it. 
    ○ This is the time to put new habit/s into your basal ganglia.  
    ○ It  takes  time  and  effort  just  to  make  the  newer  learning  a  part  of  your  existing 
    brain  structure,  but  once  you  incorporate  it,  you  can  go  and  learn  something 
    new.  
     

    2) Keys to Success in Mastery 


     
    1. Find a teacher/mentor  
     
    ● We  need  someone  who  can tell us what we're doing right and what we're doing 
    wrong, someone who can help correct our course. 
     
    ● While  there  is  a  lot  of  value  in  learning  from  books,  podcasts,  videos  and 
    audiobooks,  they  are  not  able  to  provide  feedback  the  way  a  master  can.  A 
    master can help us when we're stuck or when we are trying to figure things out. 
     
    2. Mastery requires practice  
     
    EXAMPLE:  Larry  Byrd  won  the  1986  NBA  championship.  When  asked  what  he  would 
    do  next,  Larry said that he was going to start his off-season training the following week. 
    Indeed  he  practiced  for  2  hours  every  day.  During  the  season,  he  would  show  up  for 
    training  sessions  2  hours  before  everyone  else.  Larry loved the practice and for him, the 
    game  was  in  the  practice.  It  was  practice  that  made  him  one  of  the  greatest basketball 
    players ever. 
     
    3. Surrender 
     
    We  should  take  ownership  for  all  the  journey  that  we're  on,  but  we  also  need  to 
    surrender  to the guidance of our master, to the journey itself, and to failing. There will be 

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    times  that  we  have  to  go  try  something  new  and  fail  in  the  process  just  so  we  can rise 
    up again and get better.  
     
    EXAMPLE:  By  the  time  Tiger  Woods  had won 1 or 2 pro championships, he went to tell 
    his  coach  that  his  swing  was  “not  perfect enough” and that they needed to change it. A 
    lot  of  opinions  were  made  against  his  changing  his  swing  as  he  was  already  at the top 
    of  his  game.  But  Tiger’s  self-awareness  made  him  prevail  in  his  decision  to  change  his 
    swing  in  order  to  further  improve  his  game.  ​He knew that with the change in his swing, 
    he  might  perform  worse  than  when  he  did  not  change  it  --  but  over  time  he  could  get 
    much  better.  He  surrendered  to  the  practice  in  the  short-term  in  order  to  get  more  of 
    long-term great results.  
     
    4. Mastery is being intentional  
     
    We  need  to  be  aware  that  in our path to mastery, we have to be intentional about what 
    we're doing.  
     
    As  Jack  Nicklaus,  the  great  golfer,  used  to  say, “I never take a stroke without visualizing 
    exactly where the ball is going to land.” Even Jack Nicklaus was also big on visualization. 
     
    5. We’ve got to go to the edge 
     
    We  have  to  challenge  the  limits  of  what's  possible  because  that's  when  we  find  out 
    what's on the other side of the limitations.  
     
    EXAMPLE:  Julie  Moss  was  running  a  triathlon  in  Hawaii  in  1982.  During  the  marathon 
    part,  she  was  already  tired  and  exhausted.  She  was  the  leader  in  the  race  but  due  to 
    exhaustion,  she  fell  down  a  few  hundred  yards  before  the  finish  line.  She  got  up  but 
    after running for a few raw yards, she fell down again.  
     
    At  that  point  the  next  runner  was  about  10  or  20  minutes  behind  her. Julie then got up 
    again  and  started  to  walk  this  time  because  she ran out of energy to run. Julie fell down 
    4  times  but  at  each  time,  she  tried  to  get  up  to  continue  the  race,  until  all  she  could  do 
    was  just  crawl.  The  girl who was in second place just passed her by but Julie crawled all 
    the way to the finish line.  
     
    The  doctors  who  later  examined  Julie  said  she  was  insane  since  what  she  did  was 
    almost  fatal.  But  the  sports commentators around the world hailed Julie’s greatness and 
    considered her finish as one of the greatest achievements in sports.  
     
    Important:  The  edge  referred  to  in  this  topic  is  where  you  draw  the  line  between 
    greatness  and  madness.  As  Julie  showed  us,  pursuing  that  edge  is  one  of  the  most 
    important keys to mastery.  

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    3) Tools for Mastery 


     
    On  the  journey  of mastery, we will encounter a lot of homeostasis -- that impulse to stay where 
    you  are  because  of  inertia  or  resistance.  You  would  want  to  be  where  you  are  rather  than  get 
    your ass kicked and improve yourself over and over again.  

    Handle resistance or homeostasis 


     
    1. Expect that this is the way it is.  
     
    Homeostasis  is  human.  It’s  normal  and  it happens to everyone. Once you expect it, then 
    you can fight and kill it.  
     
    2. Negotiate with the resistance.  
     
    Talk  with  resistance  and  say,  “Okay,  that's  what  you  want.  How  about  I  do  this  much 
    today  and  then  we'll  talk  again.  If  you  don't  want  me  to  go  workout  for  2  hours,  how 
    about  I  just  tie  my  shoelaces  and  get  out  of  the  door  and  go  running  for 5 minutes and 
    then we'll see what happens.”  
     
    Once  you  start  taking  action,  the  resistance  goes  down,  and  at some point you become 
    way more involved in action that you stop thinking about the resistance. 
      
    3. Realize  that  your  consistency  of  effort  is  crucial  in  your  long-term  beating  of  the 
    resistance.  
     
    Once you become consistently productive, the resistance disappears.  
     
    Somerset  Maugham  used  to  say,  “I  write  whenever  inspiration  strikes.  Thankfully  it 
    strikes  every  morning  at  9  AM.”  It  meant  that  he  sits  down  to  write  every morning at 9 
    AM no matter what as a form of ritual.  
     
    Once  you  form  a  ritual,  you  need  to  be  consistent  and  committed about it. You're going 
    to make it happen no matter what. 

     
       
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    Getting Energy 
     
    1. Spend  it.  You  can't  hoard  energy.  Therefore  get  your  body  in  action  and  get  your mind 
    in  motion.  As  you  start  to  move  and  take  action,  as  you spend your energy, you will get 
    more and more of it.  
     
    2. Put  enough  commitment  in  place.  Commitment  always  comes  before  success.  It’s  not 
    something you do while you're already on the journey. 
     
    3. Self-impose  firm  deadlines.  Deadlines  are  powerful.  They  force  accountability.  The 
    more firm the deadline is, the more energy it will give to you.  
     
    EXAMPLE​:  Before  Thomas  Edison  had  it  figured  out,  he  went  and  told  reporters  6 
    months  in  advance  that  by  January  1st  (of  the  year  he  invented  it),  we  would  have  the 
    light bulb.  
     
    The  deadline  created  a  lot  of  pressure  on  him  to  figure it out. It gave him so much more 
    energy  and  charge  as  he  forced  energies  into  that  direction.  In  the  end,  it  proved  to  be 
    one of the great reasons why he was able to produce the light bulb.  
     
    There  we  have  it,  ​Mastery  ​by  George  Leonard,  a  great  book  for  anyone  who  is  on any journey 
    towards greatness, especially if you're an entrepreneur or you're learning a new hobby.  
     
     
     
     
     

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