The journey begins whenever you are ready - starts from where you are and moves forward however long you consciously choose to practice. There is no end game - it is infinite and continuous. My first recollection of mastery was reading the book Mastery by George Leonard. Five steps seemingly so simple: instruction, practice, surrender, intentionality, edge and yet so difficult to stay the course when younger. In the elder third of my life I move away from being the dabbler, the obsessive or the hacker. I am finding the discipline to become a better version of myself each day. I try, I fail, I try again so that one day…