Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment

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In Mastery by George Leonard, the author describes 5 keys to long-term success and fulfillment as:
  1. Instruction
  2. Practice
  3. Surrender
  4. Intentionality
  5. The Edge – Push the envelope
and Mastery is:
  1. The process where what was difficult becomes both easier and more pleasurable
  2. Long-term dedication to the journey – not the bottom line
  3. Gaining mental discipline to travel further on your journey
  4. Being goalless
  5. Realizing that the pleasure of practice is intensified
  6. Creating deep roots
  7. Knowing that you will never reach a final destination
  8. Being diligent with the process of mastery
  9. Your commitment to hone your skills
  10. After you have reached the top of the mountain, climb another one
  11. Being willing to practice, even when you seem to be getting no where
  12. Making this a life process
  13. Being patient, while you apply long-term efforts
  14. Appreciating and even enjoying the plateau, as much as you do the progress
  15. Practicing for the sake of practice
  16. Winning graciously, and losing with equal grace
  17. Placing practice, discipline, conditioning and character development before winning
  18. Being courageous
  19. Being fully in the present moment
  20. Realizing that the ultimate goal is not the medal, or the ribbon, but the path to mastery itself (The “I am” stage)
  21. Being willing to look foolish
  22. Maintaining flexibility in your strategy, and in your actions
  23. A journey
  24. Determination. Apply this to everything in your life, to claim your authentic self.
Here is a really interesting slide-show I found on the book you should check out.

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