Quotes About Mastery

When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.

But would the man who hunted him still be here? Leaphorn considered this. The man would have known he had flushed his bird. He needed to be a fairly competent tracker to find George's kill site. But once George was running, covering his tracks, he would have to be much better than that. He would have to be as good as Joe Leaphorn — and perhaps better than Leaphorn. As far as Leaphorn knew, there were no better trackers than himself. Certainly no Zuni, or white man.

Repetition is the mother of skill."

One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year -- and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!

In a significant number of cases, people actually get worse at their jobs over time. "More

As long as we can control our creations, though, truly enormous life-changing advantages will result.

Master of Cake?

Ash was the Master of Smoke.

Jedi Masters do not crack up- they just get eccentric.- Luke Skywalker

Don't we lose something when everything is done for us?

At that time I attached a perhaps undue importance to staying alive, and I became moderately proficient with both the pistol and the small-sword.

BACH! A colossal syllable, one which makes composers tremble, brings performers to their knees, beatifies the Bach-lover, and apparently bores the daylights out of everyone else

The easy, conversational tone of good writing comes only on the eighth rewrite.

no art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it.

Good design looks easy. Like great athletes, great designers make it look easy. Mostly this is an illusion.

no art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it."1

Intolerance for ugliness is not in itself enough. You have to understand a field well before you develop a good nose for what needs fixing. You have to do your homework. But as you become expert in a field, you'll start to hear little voices saying, What a hack! There must be a better way. Don't ignore those voices. Cultivate them. The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.

Humans seem to have an innate drive to master other creatures.

You must also understand that with muscle memory, at least two to three thousand repetitions are necessary to help master a simple skill.

As noted earlier, current theory states that it takes two thousand to three thousand repetitions to master a physical act or develop physical "muscle memory." I believe it takes an equal amount of "mental muscle memory" to ingrain a thought process or act.

Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.

Aquel al que se espera, porque se le espera, ya está presente, ya se muestra dueño y señor.

To become really good at anything,you have to practice and repeat, practice and repeat, until the technique becomes intuitive