The nature of success is sacrifice, and how much we are prepared to sacrifice in order to be a success. For example, I am unwilling to give up my job (at the moment anyway) in order to pursue other dreams. The comfort my family has and the ability to work it around my schedule for them is not worth the sacrifice, pursuing what would be an endlessly selfish act. If it was my only choice, that would be different, but it is not my only option. And let’s not forget the holidays are amazing. It would be nice never to have to deal with idiots but hey ho, maybe that’s a sacrifice too.
Mastery is only achieved through practice and countless hours of this, in which other pursuits are sacrificed. These undoubtedly are mostly social, and true masters show something lacking in this area because of it. Or maybe those even on the journey too. I’m getting old, I feel it, and the things I need to sacrifice now aren’t as straightforward as not going out on a Saturday night for example in favour of practising guitar, which I never did anyway. I would be better off if I had, both in terms of finances and skill. But thems the breaks and we make our choices.