30 mistakes that reveal you as an amateur
Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:01 am
Amateurs behave like Zeus – they sit in the clouds and punish other people with lightning strikes from their anus.
Masters are more like Hercules: They earn their rank. They never have enough. They are hungry.
Unfortunately, mastery is uncool, unsexy and totally unpopular these days. So I won't make myself particularly popular with this post - but I'm willing to take the risk.
I want to motivate you to join el salvador telegram screening me on the journey of mastery and adopt the mindset of a master.
I have committed some of the amateur sins myself and hope I can help you avoid them. I don't consider myself a master - but I'm on my way there.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, at least you'll land among the stars.
Les Brown
Most of this applies to authors – but not only to them. It concerns everyone who wants to become good at something.
Let the journey of mastery begin:
1) Amateurs give up after their first successes. Masters understand: Anyone who rests on their laurels is clearly wearing them in the wrong place.
Masters are more like Hercules: They earn their rank. They never have enough. They are hungry.
Unfortunately, mastery is uncool, unsexy and totally unpopular these days. So I won't make myself particularly popular with this post - but I'm willing to take the risk.
I want to motivate you to join el salvador telegram screening me on the journey of mastery and adopt the mindset of a master.
I have committed some of the amateur sins myself and hope I can help you avoid them. I don't consider myself a master - but I'm on my way there.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, at least you'll land among the stars.
Les Brown
Most of this applies to authors – but not only to them. It concerns everyone who wants to become good at something.
Let the journey of mastery begin:
1) Amateurs give up after their first successes. Masters understand: Anyone who rests on their laurels is clearly wearing them in the wrong place.