Powerful article, thanks for sharing!
I just want to add ( if you don't mind) there was a comment below the article that struck me, "When's the last time you spent ten years trying to approach mastery of a craft? Victory through thinking rather than strength?"
We, too often, want immediate results. What if we approached life in the same manner? Taking the time to master our lives, rather than have our basic wants and desires rule? But then again, it all comes back to leaving your ego at the door... 