Master

In the book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell says that it takes roughly 10,000 hours of practice to achieve mastery in a field...

I HAVE READ THAT IN ORDER TO TRULY MASTER SOMETHING YOU MUST DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 10,000 TIMES TO BE EXACT. THAT WOULD MEAN THAT TO TRULY MASTER MY CRAFT, I WOULD HAVE TO PAINT THE SAME PAINTING OVER 10,000 TIMES. CAN YOU IMAGINE? WHILE I TRY DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO CREATE WORK THAT CHALLENGES ME AND BECOMES BETTER THAN YESTERDAY'S WORK, I AM STILL, IN NO SENSE OF THE WORD, A MASTER AT WHAT I DO. 

THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON I HAVE LEARNED IN MY JOURNEY THUS FAR, IS THAT YOU CAN NEVER CUT YOURSELF OFF FROM LEARNING. YOU HAVE TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN BOOKS -- BOOKS THAT TEACH YOU SOMETHING -- IN TV THAT TEACHES YOU SOMETHING -- IN PODCASTS AND AUDIOBOOKS THAT GIVE YOU SOME NUGGET OF KNOWLEDGE THAT INCREASES YOUR AWARENESS OF THE WORLD AROUND YOU.

SO MAYBE YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN MASTERING JUST ONE THING LIKE I AM... AND PERHAPS I'LL NEVER GET THERE, BUT TAKING THE CHALLENGE TO ENRICH YOUR LIFE THROUGH NEW INFORMATION AND SKILLS CAN LEAD YOU IN NEW DIRECTIONS IN LIFE, YOUR CAREER AND YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. I HAVE LEARNED THIS THROUGH PAINTING -- THROUGH CREATING A CAREER IN ART {PASSION}.

SOME OF MY FAVORITE BOOKS:

1. YOU ARE A BADASS - JEN SINCERO

2. TOTAL MONEY MAKEOVER - DAVE RAMSEY

3. RISING STRONG - BRENE BROWN

4. THE TIPPING POINT - MALCOM GLADWELL

5. DAVID AND GOLIATH - MALCOM GLADWELL