10/16/15
Mastery
Lessons Learned:
This week we were introduced to
the concept of mastery by reading the book called “Mastery”. I found the different types of masters that
he mentioned to be very interesting and related all too well with the first one
listed. I loved his explanation of plateaus
and how we should thrive on them.
Instead I am like too many others who are always living for the
excitement of the advancing portions of life.
I really had to step back and recognize this and am trying to learn to
live my life with happiness and enjoyment of the constant plateaus of
life.
The video “A Hero’s Journey”
talked about how each of us has a very important mission in life, which is to
have the courage to find our entrepreneurial callings. Jess
Sandefer was the speaker for this lecture and he shared the three things that
people asked themselves when pondering and looking back on their lives. Have I contributed something meaningful? Was I a good person? And who did I love and
who loved me? His lecture made me ponder
on the fact that we start out as innocent and pure babies and children, eager
to learn and grow. Then as we do learn
and find success we have pride in ourselves and become selfish. But as we mature and grow older we realize
the most important things in life, being family, our service and love to
others, and if we have contributed to making the world a better place.
I loved Sandefer’s idea of
writing down a list of “I will not’s”.
In this list you create boundaries that you will not cross. Then he explicitly states that not if, but
when, you cross one of these, to immediately recognize it as a signal to pause,
re-evaluate and correct yourself. He said
we should create “messages in a bottle”, being a letter to our future selves to
read when we cross these lines. He
describes them as messages to read in the moment of our greatest
temptation. Overall, the video was
filled with great insight into what each of our hero journeys will consist of
and how to make the best journey in our lives.
Lessons Not Yet Learned:
I have not yet learned how to
become a master at mastery. I look
forward to continuing in the book to learn how to thrive during the regular plateaus
in life.
A Reference and Categorization
Method:
“A Hero’s Journey” lecture by Jeff Sandefer
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