Proof: Mastery

By: Michael Beiter

I committed to Mastery when I started my business in 2016.

Mastery is a command or grasp, of a subject, according to dictionary.com.

George Leonard writes:

"Then there are those of us who are simply self-critical. Even without comparing ourselves to the world's greatest, we set such high standards for ourselves that neither we nor anyone else could ever meet them—and nothing is more destructive to creativity than this. We fail to realize that Mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives."

I always get hints that my commitment is working, but sometimes it's so apparent I have to highlight it.

This morning my most tenured client shared a social media post she made after our first session on July 24, 2012.

She and I lifted weights together yesterday, and the day before, we sat down for a check-in. When she finished with that, her husband came in. That's Mastery.

Don't you think so? Me neither; I'm self-critical, as George points out.

It took another client calling me a master for me to give myself some credit.

He wrote me a text I opened twenty-seven minutes after Amy's post celebrating eleven years of practice. It read:

"Weirdest fucking thing ever! U have mastered ur job, haha starting deficit week tho so I'm assuming this changes."

Attached is a photo of his bodyweight chart that shows a stabilization between 180 and 185 lbs. That's weird to him because he's eating damn near three thousand calories daily and is as lean and healthy as ever.

Mastery.

Are you willing to try, fail, and try again for as long as you live? Will you stay on the path, no matter what the obstacle?

Mike