Mastery Mindset

When you are ready to take it one solid step at a time

Whether one wants to learn a new skill, take up a challenge, or begin a new lifestyle, to make a meaningful impact on one’s endeavors, a mastery mindset is essential. Unfortunately, we are not taught this in schools.

A mastery mindset comprises of certain common aspects:

It is based on reality, not expectations. One starts from where they are right now, no matter what.

It requires one to stand firm in their reality: current abilities and flaws. One works from their current reality and through it without denial or pretence.

It requires one to surrender fully to the process of mastering. Removing oneself out of the equation means taking out all expectations and impatience.

One gets to discover their true potential unadulterated by positive or negative fantasies in the mind.

It requires one to give importance to quality over quantity. Each step of the process is mastered with genuine clarity, before moving onto the next step.

One is forced to find an intrinsic motivation within the process itself, and not motivated based on the end goal (extrinsic motivation).

One is less prone to give up and slip into addictions because one is only required to take up daily realistic challenges and to keep at it.

Cultivates other qualities as a side effect: patience, persistence, being consistent, humility, real growth.

Mastery is also not the same as success — an event-based victory based on a peak point, a punctuated moment in time. Mastery is not merely a commitment to a goal, but to a curved-line, constant pursuit — Sarah Lewis