Can You Pursue Mastery and Chase Goats?

Things I've never used in a workout

"Pursue mastery" and "work your weaknesses": are these concepts at cross-purposes?

Can you truly pursue mastery if you are focused on attacking your weaknesses? (Aka your "goats" for those of you who have perhaps wandered here from a Google search for livestock advice. Welcome!)

Also, what if you don't attack your weaknesses?

What if you practiced what you loved so much and so often that you became a roaring success at it? What if improving your obvious strength (your gift) was the greatest thing you could give to this world? Would that be a failure? Or not?

Does "work your weaknesses" fit into the pursuit of functional fitness only? Or does it fit into other sports? And does it apply to other aspects of life? Or does it not? (Also, have I asked enough questions? I can ask more. And I shall!)

What if Beethoven had spent a great deal of his time trying to craft a novel?

What if Van Gogh had tried to improve his horrid salesman skills and spent less time with the oils?

What if Michael Jordan had decided he should spend less time practicing jumpers and more time practicing golf?

Would that have been the smart thing to do?

What if you decided you didn't want to use all the tools in this photo but just the ax? And maybe the hammer?

And is this all a smokescreen for the fact that my double-unders still suck?

What do you think?