{'title': 'Mastery as a Process, Not a Gift', 'content': "Robert Greene challenges the conventional belief that mastery is an innate talent reserved for the gifted few. Instead, he reframes it as a structured, learnable process accessible to anyone willing to commit to it. Greene introduces mastery as 'the feeling that we have a greater command of reality, other people, and ourselves,' emphasizing that this state is achieved through deliberate practice and persistence rather than natural genius. He outlines three distinct phases—Apprenticeship, Creative-Active, and Mastery—each representing deeper levels of understanding and skill acquisition. For example, learning the piano begins with confusion and fear but evolves into fluency and creativity through consistent effort. This paradigm shift demystifies mastery by showing it as the result of hard work rather than destiny."}