Nassim Taleb on Mastery Quotes

"Mastery is the discipline of ignoring the irrelevant."

"Real knowledge is gained by doing, not by observing."

"The apprentice follows rules; the master follows principles."

"To master life, you must be antifragile."

"Survival is the only metric of mastery that matters."

"A master is someone who can explain the complex simply."

"The more you study the less you know, unless you practice."

"Mastery requires the courage to be wrong often."

"Ergodicity is the ultimate test of a master's strategy."

"Knowledge grows by subtraction, not addition."

"Trial and error is a form of knowledge."

"Mastery is being comfortable with what you do not know."

"You cannot master a craft without skin in the game."

"The master is the one who knows what to avoid."

"You don't need a map if you have a compass."

"Heuristics are the tools of the master, not the novice."

"Expertise without risk is just talk."

"The best way to learn is to have something at stake."

"Mastery is found in the intersection of luck and persistence."

"Mastery is the ability to turn stress into growth."

"Character is the foundation of any true mastery."

"Learning is not what you read, it is what you do."

"Practice is the only way to filter out the noise."

"Via negativa is the path to mastery: subtract the noise."

"Avoid the fragile; that is the first step toward mastery."

"Mastery is a lifelong commitment to the Lindy effect."

"The practitioner knows things the theorist cannot see."

"Simplicity is the final stage of mastery."

"Complexity is often a mask for a lack of mastery."

"Do not ask the expert, ask the person who has the most to lose."

"True mastery is the ability to handle the unexpected."

"Mastery is the byproduct of surviving your own mistakes."

"The Lindy effect suggests that mastery is proven by time."