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Mastering any skill, including all forms of creative work, means spending a lot of time moving forward slowly. The spurts of growth are very occasional, perhaps even rare. Instead, day in and day out, we are working. We are practicing. β€œAt the heart of it, mastery is practice. Mastery is staying on the path,” writes martial artist and author George Leonard.

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