When I’m asked how I define mastery or what phrase guides me in my own life or in writing a book, I say, “It’s getting to the inside.” I’m always trying to move to the inside of things. On the outside, things look a certain way—kind of dead, because you’re just seeing the appearances. When you get to the inside, you see the heart beating, you understand it, you get the reality. When you start learning to play chess or the piano, for instance, you’re on the outside. You just see the exterior, visual, surfaces of things. And you’re learning the rules or the basics. And it’s very slow and
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