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The title says it all... Here are a few that have drastically altered my way of thinking: Mastery by George Leonard The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida (This is probably my favorite book of all...

The video entails one of my favorite ideas from this book. I hope you enjoy.

Big idea 7: To be a learner you have to be willing to be a fool. We already talked about the importance of humility while learning, and this final idea emphasizes that notion and simply entails rejecting the fear of seeming a fool. Maslow’s “second naivety” is a childlike quality in people who...

Big Idea 6: Be a master at everything. Literally everything. Most people think of mastery as being almost perfect at a popular skill. We have already discussed that mastery is not about perfection but rather the path. In addition to this, we must realize that being an ultimate master involves...

Big Idea 5: Understand Homeostasis. Homeostasis strives to maintain equilibrium in our bodies and resists change. This is not a bad thing. You want your body to make sure that it is in a certain range of temperature. If you are running and you are getting close to injuring your knee, your body...

Big Idea 3: The three characters you do not want to be on your path to mastery (Meet the dabbler, the obsessive, and the hacker). The dabbler cannot wait to get started and approaches every new activity with extreme enthusiasm. However, as soon as he falls off from his first peak, he becomes...

Big Idea 2: Mastery is not a goal or a destination. Rather, it is a process, a journey. No matter what kind of proficiency you achieve on your journey, you will never get to a final destination; you will never become perfect at anything. Therefore, once you realize that there is no ultimate...

Big Idea 1: The path to mastery looks completely different than what you have been taught. If you are like most people, you have been taught that you just need to work hard and you will keep getting better and better every day. If you have bought into this type of social conditioning, the...