Saturday, November 26, 2011

Every Artist Was First An Amateur.

quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson


Very often we look at actors, artists, athletes, musicians, business people, or anybody who has excelled at anything, and we think to ourselves how great they are or how lucky they are. We look at them in awe. But we forget the thousands and thousands of hours of practice that these people went through to get to where they are at now. We see the finished product, but we don't see the blood, sweat and tears. We don't see all the creative thought, visualizing, planning, goal setting, meditation, discipline, sacrifice, and dedication that these people experienced to get to where they are at now.


Mastery takes time, but it is possible. The truth is, the same greatness that anybody has experienced or achieved is also available to any of us if we would only take the time to study these people, do what they have done, think how they think, and not quit. Tony Robbins calls this mirroring and matching. Let's not forget that we can master anything we so desire.

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