Mastery

by Robert Greene

Drugs and madness only destroy such powers. Do not fall for the romantic myths and clichés that abound in culture about creativity—offering us the excuse or panacea that such powers can come cheaply.

When we fuse this intuitive feel with rational processes, we expand our minds to the outer limits of our potential and are able to see into the secret core of life itself.

this intuitive form of intelligence was developed to help us process complex layers of information and gain a sense of the whole.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

To become such sensitive observers, we must not succumb to all of the distractions afforded by technology; we must be a little primitive. The primary instruments that we depend on must be our eyes for observing and our brains for analyzing.