Description

Triple your chances of becoming an expert and a professional leader. True mastery has fascinated and challenged people across centuries—think of the calligrapher whose flawless, effortless lines reflect a lifetime of training, or the artisan whose every movement is a study in perfection. Yet behind that grace is a relentless commitment to practice, adaptation, and constant improvement.

This course is your entry into that rich, unbroken tradition. Mastery is never a one-time achievement; it’s a living process, shaped by historical continuity and modern innovation. Today, as in the past, real masters distinguish themselves by becoming effective in multiple complex skills—then going deeper, refining the small details and subtle nuances that others miss. Through this, they transcend mere tools and begin to express something unique, meaningful, and lasting.

You’ll learn what it takes to pursue this path in a world that’s always changing. To reach mastery, you must practice lifelong learning: constantly acquiring new tools, adapting to new challenges, and staying curious about both tradition and cutting-edge methods. There’s always a price to pay for true expertise—dedicated effort, honest feedback, and resilience in the face of setbacks. Those who persevere join the long lineage of masters who, across eras and cultures, have pushed their craft forward.

In this minicourse, you’ll gain:

  • A clear understanding of mastery’s meaning—moving from quantity to quality, and from following rules to creative freedom.

  • Guidance for building expertise across domains, while learning to identify and polish the details that make your work stand out.

  • Tools for documenting ideas, embracing abstraction, and practicing overlearning so your skills become truly automatic.

  • Insights on building your personal brand, adapting to new leadership styles, and differentiating yourself in a rapidly evolving world.

  • Strategies for tackling hard challenges, competing effectively, and thriving in high-performance teams and interdisciplinary collaborations.

  • Reflection on mastery in the age of AI: how expertise is evolving, and how to combine technology with your own distinct contribution.

  • Lessons from history’s great masters, as well as contemporary innovators, showing how to benefit from mentorship, community, and self-directed growth.

  • Encouragement to accept the price of mastery as the necessary investment for rare insight and fulfillment.

  • A deeper sense of purpose—knowing that mastery is not just about achievement, but about joining a timeless tradition of improvement, creativity, and human potential.

This isn’t just theory—it’s a practical, actionable framework for building the discipline, curiosity, and vision needed to excel. Whether you’re seeking to lead, create, or contribute at the highest level, this journey will show you how to pursue mastery with purpose, perseverance, and pride—connecting you to the wisdom of the past and the possibilities of the future.

Start your path now, and let your pursuit of mastery become both a personal adventure and a contribution to a living legacy of excellence.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    New Chapter

    • 1 - The Meaning Of Mastery

    • 2 - Creative Freedom

    • 3 - From Quantity To Quality

    • 4 - Record Ideas

    • 5 - Syntaxis Does Not Matter

    • 6 - Sense Of Timing

    • 7 - Monitoring Trends

    • 8 - Leadership Styles

    • 9 - Overlearning

    • 10 - Abstraction

    • 11 - Hiring Help

    • 12 - Personal Branding

    • 13 - Unique Special And Different

    • 14 - Hard Challenges

    • 15 - Competition

    • 16 - Risk Mitigation

    • 17 - Connect With History

    • 18 - Mentoring

    • 19 - Interdisciplinary Collaboration

    • 20 - Participate In Super groups

    • 21 - Room For Improvement

    • 22 - Sufficiently Evolved Skills Magic

    • 23 - Mastery Vs AI

    • 24 - Back To The Roots

    • 25 - Hands On Wisdom

    • 26 - Mastery As Will

    • 27 - Gamified Mastery

    • 28 - The Way Of...

Instructor(s)

Senior Instructor

Lev Goldentouch

Dr. Lev Goldentouch, Lifehacker and technology guru.Dr Lev Gold finished PhD in machine learning and information theory when he was 27 years old. Understanding of similarity of machine learning and human super-learning allowed Lev to learn immense amounts of knowledge in many technological and cognitive subjects. Immediately afterwards Lev opened a consulting company, which offers its services to highly skilled individuals, agile startups and technological giants like Samsung. The super-learning tools developed by Lev allow ordinary people to learn x10 speed of their colleagues, and enable machines to solve extremely complex problems. Lev is an active lifehacker, constantly looking for new and better ways to do things, and willing to share his unique knowledge and experience with others.