How to go pro.

Want to be a master?

Want to be the best in your field, your city, your planet?

Want to do something great?

Study greatness.

Like Hunter S. Thompson typing out The Great Gatsby, so he knew what great writing “felt like,” find some heroes and do what they do.

Paint someone else’s painting.

Be an apprentice.

Buck the trend of entitlement and be led.

Be mentored.

Be taught.

Set up an easel, like these people did in a museum I visited, and learn how to paint someone else’s masterpiece before you paint your own.