Mastery...

Whether you believe the oft-quoted 10,000 hours, or simply understand that it takes years of practice, mastery of anything takes a very, very long time.  

But we don’t spend years being terrible before waking up one day as a Master, there are a whole load of stages in between, from poor, not bad, below average and average, through to above average, good and even great, and each one brings skills, opportunities and confidence that weren’t there before.

At any point along the journey we might decide that mastery of this skill is not for us, or we might find that it’s the practice that we enjoy and how good we are doesn’t really matter. In fact, the only thing that really matters is that we give it a try…