Starting Around Zero

When we become a master at a skill or a job, we sometimes become unaware of how hard it was to learn and practice well. We forget how terrible we were, how we looked at the techniques and ways of doing things as complex, how everyone was smarter. What's worse, we can't relate to someone who starts to learn our trade. Our use of technical terms and expert skill overwhelms the novice, and we give up teaching them. However, there are some masters who can overcome these dangers of being a master. These master's qualities consist of empathy, humility, and extrospection. Remember, we all start around zero.