Books Are Great Mastery by Robert Greene
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Jan 17, 2018 Explore the journey to mastery through the lives of historical figures like Leonardo da Vinci and Charles Darwin, highlighting the blend of passion and resilience. Discover how self-awareness shapes true understanding, as illustrated by Benjamin Franklin's cautionary tale. Delve into the importance of empathy and creative freedom, using Mozart's evolution as an example. Finally, learn about the balance between rational thought and intuition, encouraging risk-taking and deliberate practice on the path to mastering complex skills.
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Mastery As A Repeatable State
- Mastery is a sustained state of deep focus and heightened creative power rather than a one-off feeling triggered by crisis.
- Robert Greene argues this state is accessible through a repeatable developmental process anyone can follow.
Follow A Chronological Path
- Follow Greene's chronological path: find your calling, apprentice, absorb, build social intelligence, create, then fuse intuition and reason.
- Use the sequence to structure long-term skill development rather than random effort.
Da Vinci Loved The Process
- Leonardo da Vinci studied horse anatomy and bronze casting obsessively, not for fame but for the work itself.
- When the Milan horse commission collapsed, da Vinci wasn't devastated because he loved the process of learning and making.
