Sarah Lewis in her TED Talk talks about mastery in this way, “Mastery is not the same as excellence, it's not the same as success, which I see as an event, a moment in time, a label that the world confers upon you. [...] Mastery is the reaching, not the arriving. It's constantly wanting to close that gap of where you are and where you want to be.” JD Schramm.
Notes from JD Schramm's Webinar "AVOIDING PERFECTIONIN PURSUIT OF MASTERY” Page 2 Page 4