Mastery - Week Five

Another great week of reading and video assignments. The book Mastery is very interesting and made me really look internally. There have been many instances in my life where I could completely relate with what he was talking about. From the person learning Tennis and wanting to just be the best to times where I have been a dabbler, obsessive and hacker. When reading about the dabbler, obsessive and hacker I could pick out times that I have and are one of these three. I can think of people who defiantly show these traits in their careers, relationships and hobbies. It was interesting to think through my own and then look at people around me. It kind of gave me a bit of a chuckle.

A Heros Journey, was absolutely my favorite this week. I instantly sent it to my husband after I finished it. It was inspiring and in a weird way comforting to listen to. The council that Brian Carter gave and suggestions of things to try was great! There were a few things that I put in my phone to try. First was to ask five people what you do better than anyone else on earth. Make sure they are specific. This almost makes me a little scared, because deep down I don't know what they might say and for some reason that concerns me. The second thing that truly resonated with me was, to write a one page letter to a mentor/person who has helped you become better. Then go read it aloud to that person. When he talked about this, I knew exactly who I would want to write my letter too. It was a basketball and running coach that I had. He worked with from the age of 13 and really took me in. He cared about me and taught me so much. Coach Kirkham also was my running coach in cross country and track. I learned a lot about myself from Kirkham and to this day still remember the lessons he taught me. I have not spoken to him since my junior year of hight school. I decided that I no longer wanted to run cross-country and track and from that day on he was upset with me and truly ignored my existence. It has truly bothered me all these years because he was someone that I greatly looked up to and learned so much from. I would like to thank him.