“In my whole life I’ve never been good at something I wasn’t very interested in. It just doesn’t work. There’s no substitute for strong interest.”
— Charlie Munger
“Mastery is the best goal because the rich can’t buy it, the impatient can’t rush it, the privileged can’t inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work. Mastery is the ultimate status.” -Derek Sivers
“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. ‘-Steve Jobs
Love is the fuel of excellence. There is no other fuel. There is no other way to mastery.
If you don’t love the thing, you won’t put in the necessary work over a long enough period of time to be excellent at that thing.
If you haven’t found that love, then you have two options:
- Stop the pursuit of excellence. Settle.
- Keep looking. Don’t settle until you’ve found that love.
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