Who recommended Mastery?

13 people have recommended Mastery in the interviews, articles and reading lists we track, including Tim Ferriss, Derek Sivers, Ev Williams and Patrick O'Shaughnessy. Each name links to their full reading list.

Is Mastery worth reading?

13 people we track recommend it. It is best for: A mid-career software engineer stuck doing legacy code maintenance who's losing motivation because promotions go to others; this book helps see that deepening expertise without visible advancement is still mastery.; An amateur pianist who's practiced the same piece for months without noticeable improvement and is thinking of quitting; reading this reframes the plateau as a sign of deep learning, not failure.; A new graduate in a first job that doesn't match their ambition, feeling stalled and anxious about falling behind peers; the Zen-infused view gives permission to treat early career years as a necessary plateau, not a race.. It may not suit: Someone who wants a step-by-step system or workbook: the book offers no exercises, templates, or actionable sequences.; Readers who dislike philosophical or Eastern-influenced approaches; the Zen framing and aikido metaphors can feel too abstract or detached from modern work contexts.; You'll likely put it down when the plateau concept gets repetitive near the middle—if you're already sold on the idea, the repeated examples and anecdotes can feel redundant rather than deepening..

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Mastery by George Leonard: Recommended by 13 People

Name: Mastery
Author: George Leonard

"The pracitcal wisdom in George Leonard's book will have a great influence for many years to come." —Michael Murphy, author of Golf in the Kingdom and The Future of the BodyDrawing on Zen philosophy and his expertise in the martial art of aikido, bestselling author Gorge Leonard shows how the process of mastery can help us attain a higher level of ...