The first is the Dabbler. The Dabbler is one who enjoys variety. He is excited to learn new things and he revels in the ability to learn quickly. When learning something new, the Dabbler’s understanding of the basics happens very quickly and results in immediate improvement. The problem is that the Dabbler looses interest when the improvement is not so dramatic. We all know of people who have studied many martial arts but have mastered none of them. They definitely fit in the Dabbler category.
The second personality is the Stressor. The Stressor differs from the Dabbler in that he pushes through the plateaus of the learning process and finds ways to overcome obstacles. Failure is not an option. The problem is the Stressor will burn out, and rarely achieve success. In the martial arts, these are the students that lack wuji. Their training is always at the extremes and at those extremes, they end up serving their kung fu rather than having their kung fu serve them.
The third personality in Robbins’ view is the Master. The Master neither quits nor fights. The Master is content with the learning process in both successes and failures. And almost verbatim from Tony Robbins - By recognizing the small successes and learning from the failures, the Master gauges success on the previous day’s achievements - asking the question, “Am I better today, than I was yesterday?"
“One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” - Tony Robbins (b. 1960)
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