In Dr. Jerry Lynch's book The Way of the Champion: Lessons from Sun Tzu's the Art of War and Other Tao Wisdom for Sports & Life, he discusses how perceived plateaus in your game are actually a challenge to reach a level of mastery. Rather than looking at plateaus as adversaries, view them as a champion would...as a friend:
This idea falls completely in line with a quote from legendary martial artist, Bruce Lee, who stated:
Brazilian-Japanese UFC sensation Lyoto Machida, also knows the power of plateaus and transcending them to the point of mastery. If you watch him fight he has pinpoint accuracy and knows the precise time to counter-attack a foe who is trying to pounce on him. For Machida, he continues to persevere and blast through all perceived limiting believes about "plateaus":
