Gaining Mastery

Mastery – becoming so good at what you do that people are willing to pay you a high price to get your service. Achieving mastery allows you to amass tremendous wealth and freedom.

There is mediocrity in this world, too much of them. And Mediocre can only charge at what other mediocre is charging. But a master can charge 2 times, 5 times or even 10 times that amount.

I walked past a training centre having a road show yesterday. As a trainer and businessman, the inquisitive nature brought me to the booth. I wanted to see what courses they are offering at what kind of prices, and their business model.

The price is $200 for a 2 days course. We charged 10 times that amount. From that price, I can gauged the quality of the course. I’ve been to some of this kind of courses, so I have some idea of what is going on in the course.

In order for them to make $20,000 they have to work very hard. Say a class of 20, so 1 class they make $4,000. They have to run 5 times to make $20,000. For our company we just need to conduct it once to make the same amount.

That’s because the way we conduct our program is very different from the rest of the training companies. And our trainers have gain a level of mastery in the industries.

On the other hand, mastery can never be achieved. Mastery is a journey not a destination. When you thought you achieved a new level of competency, you’ll realize there is room for improvement very soon.

Life is about improving and improving, getting better and better at what you do. The purpose of gaining mastery is not to feed your ego, but to feed your soul. Always check back on your feeling. Do you feel at peace with yourself? I admit there are times Ego got the better of me. Fortunately the spirit in me continues to warn me about feeding my ego too much.

Continue to gain mastery, continue to improve. The better you get, the more people you can serve.