A near win shifts our view of the landscape. It can turn future goals, which we tend to envision at a distance, into more proximate events. We consider temporal distance as we do spatial distance. (Visualize a great day tomorrow and we see it with granular, practical clarity. But picture what a great day in the future might be like, not tomorrow but fifty years from now, and the image will be hazier.)

Sarah Lewis

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Success is a label that the world confers on you, but mastery is... by Sarah Lewis

Success is a label that the world confers on you, but mastery is an ever-onward 'almost.'

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Grit is not just simple elbow-grease term for rugged persistence. It is an often invisible display of endurance that lets you stay in an uncomfortable place, work hard to improve upon a given interest, and do it again and again.

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Mastery requires endurance. Mastery, a word we don’t use often, is not the equivalent of what we might consider its cognate—perfectionism—an inhuman aim motivated by a concern with how others view us. 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.

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Shoes are money well spent and a good metaphor for life: everything else in life may be awful but a shoe will cheer me up, lift my body and take an outfit up five levels. Plus, shoes are easy to carry and fun to collect.

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Masters are not experts because they take a subject to its conceptual end. They are masters because they realize that there isn't one. On utterly smooth ground, the path from aim to attainment is in the permanent future.

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We thrive not when we've done it all, but when we still have more... by Sarah Lewis

We thrive not when we've done it all, but when we still have more to do.

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Mastery is in the reaching, not in the arriving. by Sarah Lewis

Mastery is in the reaching, not in the arriving.

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I wanted a business that I didn't have to give my life to - something simple, beautiful and branded. The kind of endeavor where I could meet people but still blow people's minds with a very inspiring point of view. So, a shoe store.

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Pain is not a punishment. And pleasure is not a reward. You could argue that failure is not punishment and Success is not reward. They're just failure and success. You can choose how you respond.

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Mastery is in constantly wanting to close the gap between where y... by Sarah Lewis

Mastery is in constantly wanting to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.

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Completion is a goal, but we hope it is never the end. by Sarah Lewis

Completion is a goal, but we hope it is never the end.

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Play allows us to maintain curiosity while learning. by Sarah Lewis

Play allows us to maintain curiosity while learning.

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Coming close to what you thought you wanted can help you attain w... by Sarah Lewis

Coming close to what you thought you wanted can help you attain what you never dreamed you could.

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To reach an audacious goal, we sometimes benefit from having it l... by Sarah Lewis

To reach an audacious goal, we sometimes benefit from having it lie just beyond our grasp.

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The pursuit of mastery is an ever-onward almost. by Sarah Lewis

The pursuit of mastery is an ever-onward almost.

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