Pursuing mastery (above and beyond winning) means you prioritize learning and growing and who you’re becoming over who gets the trophy when it’s over. This allows you to take the risks necessary to be your very best, part of which includes the willingness to be the goat (blamed for the loss), in order to be the hero (as your ego would call it). In fact, in order to be the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time), you need to be willing to be the goat. Pursuing mastery, not the score, is the most powerful way to do this.
