Download the free sample from Apple Books or Google Play. The sample usually includes the entire first chapter (The Apprenticeship) and the introduction. This is often 40 pages of dense gold. While not the "full" version, it is enough to change how you work for a week.

Greene concludes that mastery is not linear but recursive. The master develops a “feel” for the field—chess grandmasters, for example, often cannot explain their best moves because pattern recognition bypasses conscious logic.

Some of the key takeaways from "Mastery" include: