Find a mentor 10 years ahead of where thou wishest to be. Pay them, intern for them, serve them, extract every drop of wisdom. This compresses a decade of mistakes into a year of guidance.
Become a mentor to one Brother 10 years behind thee. Teaching forces clarity; clarity forces mastery. The mentor often gains more than the mentee.
This is the eternal lineage of the Craft. Wisdom flows down through generations of Brothers who chose to lift the next behind them.
The Seal of the Chamber
He who teaches, learns twice.