Okay, we aim for mastery (yes and autonomy and purpose too) but it’s most exciting to grow. And personally I think it is more exciting to WATCH someone who is learning than someone who is demonstrating what they know. I describe this as loving the experiment over the proof. I get chills when I watch someone pushing it, taking it out on the limb, not knowing if it will work, or really even where it will take them.
In this brief interview with me from a few years back (that just surfaced), I lay it out pretty well (if I do say so myself):
