How to gain mastery

December 30, 2011 |

Author foresight

“any level is attainable if you can work hard enough towards it”.

The only way to gain mastery of anything imaginable is to work hard at it. If you really want to develop skill in your field, hard work is not an option. There is no traffic jam on that extra mile, but unfortunately, only a few attempts it. There are some levels or things you cannot accomplish except you work hard.

The cut-corner mentality that is rampant these days is rather nothing but mental illness. This is contacted by people who are looking for fats, easy ways out of everything. They look for short cuts to acquire key skills that actually take many months and years of hard work to master. They search for quick ways to solve problems that may have taken them many months or years to develop

Jan Paderewski, the renowned pianist and the prime minister of Poland in 1919 was once asked if he could perform a recital on short notice. He said in reply “I am always ready, I have practiced eight hours daily for 40 years”. the man who asked him, also a pianist said “I wish I had been born with such determination” paderewski answered; “ we are all born with it, I just use mine”. Tony Dawcett said; ‘the reason a guy like myself has achieved some success in life is that I have worked very, very hard to do so’. Michelangelo, a renowned sculptor and painter said; “if people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery-it would not seem so wonderful after all”. Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium was one of the world’s great scientists. Twice winner of the Nobel prize in 1903 for physics and 1911 for chemistry, knew both the power of personal confidence and hard work it takes to succeed.

She once said; “life is not easy for any of us. We must believe that we are gifted for something and the thing at whatever cost, must be attained”. Above all your potentials can only feed and announce you globally on the condition that you work hard to become skillful.

Mastery is being skilful and competent enough in your business or career you have chosen.