'Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively.'
--Peter Senge
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We've all heard the phrase 'jack of all trades, master of none'.
I think it's one of the saddest quotes of all time!
Think about it.
The person in the quote has 'skills' and in many areas, just has never gotten 'it all together' and doesn't have even one thing to really call his or her own!
Sad!
I want to hope that each of us finds something that we are in fact a 'master' of, whatever it may be: athletic success, scholarship, kindness, or leadership.
No one should go through life feeling that they don't have a full grasp of anything they can call 'their own.' Yet, I do think that many people do go through life that way.
This week's episode, #140 (S3:31), takes a look at the concept of Mastery.
We ask the question:
* What does it take to become a master of something?
Our jumping-off point this week is the 6th chapter of the Mishnaic text, Ethics of The Fathers, known as 'Acquisition of Torah,' and the list of 48 ways that a person can use to become a Bible (Torah) scholar (ie 'master'). It's an amazing list of attributes, efforts, skills, etc and in truth, it can be used in basically every walk of life where a person wants to become a master.
Looking forward to it! I hope you are too!
Happy Learning!
