Not all of the best players in the world have achieved 10th prestige and ultimate mastery of the game.
Top management is overwhelmingly concerned with legal, financial and social networking issues, but the ultimate source of a firm's competitiveness most often lies with its mastery of technologies.
One persists because the interface is so elegant, and because ultimate mastery is so compelling and offers the player the experience of gifted performance.
In his book The Audacity of Hope, Obama recalls that he once wrote an article for Time Magazine in which he said: "In Lincoln's rise from poverty, his ultimate mastery of language and law, his capacity to overcome personal loss and remain determined in the face of repeated defeat – in all this, he reminded me just... of my own struggles".
"In Lincoln's rise from poverty", Mr Obama wrote in Time in 2005, "his ultimate mastery of language and law, his capacity to overcome personal loss and remain determined in the face of repeated defeat in all this, he reminded me…of my own struggles," prompting Peggy Noonan, a conservative commentator, to quip that Mr Obama is "like Abraham Lincoln, only sort of better".
Simple stir-frying is a great way to enjoy the flavor of fall vegetables, and it can be a fast and convenient cooking technique for harried holiday chefs, says Grace Young, who recently won a James Beard award for her latest cookbook, "Stir-Frying to the Sky's Edge: The Ultimate Guide to Mastery, With Authentic Recipes and Stories".
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In the corporate world/culture, this is still regarded as the ultimate proof of your mastery.
Still hemmed in by all sorts of restrictions, still valued for looks and decorative skills, still steered toward passive accomplishments, for women it was the ultimate escape: total freedom, total mastery — no interference.
This is intended as the ultimate empowerment of patients: individuals or groups living with a CLLC gain mastery over their own affairs, by an increasing capacity to make choices and to transform those choices into desired actions and outcomes [ 58].
