You can't master a skill in a short period of time.

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I want you to think about,

in any area in life,

it could be sports, it could be learning a language,

it could be learning anything new.

Mastery takes time.

It takes years to achieve mastery.

Now you can learn a skill

in a relatively short period of time.

But to accomplish mastery, it takes years.

Anyone who has achieved mastery, it takes years.

See the question itself is,

it tells me that the way that you're thinking about it

is where's the shortcut?

How can I take the shortcut?

And then sometimes there are smarter ways to do something.

There are some shortcuts

but it takes time, it takes effort,

it takes patience and it takes repetition,

to accomplish, to achieve mastery, right?

And I believe, the best way to do that is have a mentor.

You think about how skills are passed along,

how skills are passed down.

I like to take a martial arts example,

if you wanna learn,

let's say you wanna learn kung fu, you wanna learn karate,

you wanna learn Taekwondo, you wanna learn boxing, right?

The best way to learn is not just to practice on your own

but to actually practice with other people

but having a mentor, having a coach,

having an instructor to show you the ropes,

to say "Hey, here's the fundamental.

"Here's what you need to do.

"Here's how you do it right.

"Here's the move."

Once he or she coaches you and gives you feedback,

and you go out there and you practice,

you do your own thing, right?

And then come back to the dojo

and you learn some more, right?

And that's how you get good

and how to get a black belt.

When you do enough.

When you do the same punch again and again and again

thousands of times,

same kick, thousands of times.

That's how you get your mastery, right?

So it takes years, it takes repetition.

That's why most people

don't accomplish,

don't achieve mastery.

There are very few true masters in the world in anything

because most people are not willing to put in the work.

They say, "Hey, how can I get there in six months?

"How could I get there in one year?"

When most of the time it takes decades.

It takes decades to get to that point

and that's the difference.

Having a mentor to show you the ropes.

Learning from them and being humble.

Being able to put your ego aside and say teach me,

show me how to do this.

And you practice again and again and again,

and get feedback

and you correct and you pivot

and you correct and you practice and you practice

and you get feedback and you correct.

And that's how you get to mastery.

The funny thing about mastery is this,

because there's so few masters of anything in this world

and the world values mastery.

That maybe right now you're struggling to get attention,

you're struggling to go in business

you're struggling to earn more money,

you're struggling to do whatever that you choose to do,

your career.

But once you become good,

not even a master,

once you become good,

you'll see there are a lot more opportunities

coming your way.

Once you are great

you'll notice the world leads a path to your door.

But if you truly accomplish,

if you're truly good and you become a master,

the sky's the limit

because there's so few true masters in the world today.

Myself?

I don't see myself as a master.

I always believe I am a student.

I have my crafts

and I'm always learning and I'm always practicing.

But I do have a few skill sets

that I believe that I am proficient.

I'm pretty good at them.

Some people say I'm world-class

but I always see myself as a student.

If you want to learn more about that,

if you want to see if I'm the right mentor for you.

I know a lot of you have been following me for some time.

You've been watching my video and you say,

"Hey Dan, how could I be mentored by you?

"I am from outside North America.

"Dan, I am from a different city,

"could you mentor me?"

The way I mentor so many students from all over the world,

entrepreneurs and professionals,

is through my closing program,

is through my online training program,

through my sales program.

If you want to find out more about it,

you can click the link below.

I'll put a link there

and you can see a preview,

just to get an idea

what we do in the worldwide community that we have,

the global community that we have.

And not just myself

but so many other awesome,

awesome people within the community.

And I believe that's the best way to accomplish mastery,

that you're learning, you're practicing with other people,

that always remember

that transformation doesn't happen in isolation.

It happens when you work with other people

and learning from someone

who's been there and done that.