This book describes the step-wise process to attain complete mastery in any particular field. You will find deep insights on how to select your life’s task, choose a perfect mentor, increase your social intelligence, and enhance your creative potential to attain full mastery. The entire book is filled with numerous examples of great masters. In short, this book guides you to become a true expert in any field.

Detailed Review

The first section of the book explores the origin of mastery and its importance in the current era. You can find relevant information on how the human brain has enormous processing capacity and why attaining mastery should be your goal. 

Next, the author takes you on a journey to discover your life’s task. You can read examples of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie,Leonardo da Vinci, and other legendary figures. Different strategies to discover your suitable line of work are described in complete detail. 

You are then guided to the “Apprenticeship Phase” where you read 8 different tactics to finish your ideal apprenticeship. The author discusses the crucial importance of self-transformation and states that apprenticeship is still highly relevant in the modern era. 

Now comes the time to train under the guidance of a mentor. You can explore the true story of Michael Faraday, the famous physicist, discovering his mentor, training under him, and finally leaving his mentor on bitter terms. The author suggests 4 practical ways to establish an authentic relationship with your mentor, extract maximum knowledge from him/her, and turn your mentor into your lifelong friend or ally. 

After training under the mentor, you are prepared to tackle the biggest obstacle that prevents you from attaining mastery: resistance and manipulation by people. The author teaches how you can decipher any person’s true nature by paying attention to nonverbal communication.  Moreover, you can learn the social intelligence tactics that you can utilize at your workplace.

Next, the author explains how you can awaken your creative powers to widen the dimensions of your chosen line of work. You can explore the life story of Mozart, the great composer, to learn how he unleashed his creativity despite enormous challenges. A total of 9 techniques are discussed to help you achieve boundless creativity. 

Finally, you come to the last chapter where you learn how to combine your creative powers with intuition to achieve total mastery. The author calls intuitive power the ‘Fingertip Feel’ to describe how eminent masters throughout history have experienced heightened intellectual powers. You can review 7 techniques to attain the ‘Fingertip Feel’ that you can integrate with your creativity. After all of this, you can achieve full mastery in your vocation. 

Final Words

Mastery is one of the best books that I have ever read. It is simply phenomenal for every person looking to discover his or her life’s task. Even if you are fully established in your profession, you can gain much wisdom from this book. I unreservedly recommend this masterpiece to everyone.