Mastery
“The achievement of goals is important. But the real juice of life, whether it be sweet or bitter, is to be found not nearly so much in the products of our efforts as in the process of living itself, in how it feels to be alive.” George Leonard, Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-Term Fulfillment. (1991)
Americans have become so driven to achieve, to show a strong bottom line, that we easily lose track of the qualitative aspects of being alive.