Ben Scofield
Mastery/Mediocrity: You Decide
Mastery is one destination at the end of a lengthy journey, but it is far from the only available stopping point; along the way, you'll encounter mediocrity, adequacy, and excellence. It pays in all aspects of your life to understand the options, why you may or may not want to aim at one or another of them, and how to achieve them. Yeah, that'll take about five minutes.
About Ben Scofield:
You may know Ben from Developer Day (http://developer-day.com), his blogging, speaking, and writing (http://benscofield.com), his company (http://viget.com), or very possibly from the conference he's co-chairing (http://railsconf.com).
