8V: What is Mastery?

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Mastery is defined " knowledge and skill that allows you to do, use, or understand something very well". Usually, mastery takes a lot of practice and in the past we've talked about the 10,000 hour rule, which is practicing something for 10,000 hours before mastering it. Also, using the skill of deliberate practice is a very good trait to have because you can easily master something when you have deliberate practice involved (deliberate practice is practice beyond repetition, and may not be 'fun' practice.)

I think in order to master something, you do need a lot of practice and definitely more practice on the things you struggle with most and your weaknesses. People aren't born with mastery and they have to work hard for it, even if it is hard it will pay off at the end.

Other words I've learned this week:

1. Red Herring fallacy-fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue
2. Aptitude- a natural ability to do something.