The Black Paper

I am sure that many Americans sat, glued to their televisions last night when Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for U.S. President. I know that I did. It was a transformational moment in American history, some would call it a “Mastery Moment.”  www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12962.html

As I move to releasing my Black Mastery audio program, I was reminded, by his speech about the meaning of Mastery and I believe that Barack Obama is a true definition of a Master.

What is Mastery?

My colleague, Nigel Henry, is the creator of a technology called Mastery Unleashed™,  www.masteryunleashed.com, which is a set of tools and practices that unleash Mastery performance in all who come in contact with it. He tells a simple story to illustrate the definition of Mastery:

Did you see the movie “Ray? As you probably know it was a film about the life of the brilliant musician Ray Charles. In it, Ray made a statement that made him rich. He said “Bring me the masters.” What was he asking for when he asked for this? He was asking for the original copy of his creation. This term Master applies to things and people.

One definition is that a master is an original copy. An original copy of what, you ask? An original copy of the creator. Read the rest of this entry »