Even serious blows in life can give you extra energy by knocking you off dead center, shaking you out of your lethargy—but not if you deny the blows are real. In this sense, the word is akin to the Chinese word tao and the Japanese word do, both of which mean, literally, road or path.

Allow for Serendipity: Move outside your normal realm of comfort and interest, explore far and wide, while stayng open and avoiding jumping to conclusions. But mastery isn't reserved for the supertalented or even for those who are fortunate enough to have gotten an early start. Some might raise eyebrows when told that in childhood their career field was clear to them, but Greene compensates with a “reversal” addressed to those who lacked such direction, or, later, to those without the capacity for social intelligence.Whether you're seeking to improve your career or your intimate relationships, increase self-esteem or create harmony within yourself, this inspiring prescriptive guide will help you master anything you choose and achive success in all areas of your life.

At a couple of points I felt that he might be contradicting himself when he stresses how long it takes to get through the steps to mastery. The Open Field: Create a space to build something new, by creating something new you will create your own audience, and attain the ultimate position of power in culture. The child Mozart by age 10 had probably already amassed his 10,000 hours of focused practice due to his early monomania with music. Through such intense immersion over many years we come to internalize and gain an intuitive feel for the complicated components of our field.

You need a teacher from whom you can learn, be respectful, obey at all costs by letting go of your ego.