Imagine Lance Armstrong stopping his spectacularly disciplined daily practice regimen and still hoping to win the Tour De France. Imagine Steve Nash giving up his crushing dialy workouts and post-game analyses and still expecting to be in his finest form. Just think about Sachin relaxing his extraordinary commitment to never-ending refinement and improvement of his game. Ridiculous, you say. And yet how many of us, on the playing field of business and life, are devoted to consistent daily practice? Few.
How can we get better if we do not practice? Success doesn’t just occur. Brilliant results don’t just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice. To get to world class, we need to work at it. Daily. Relentlessly. Passionately.
Just hoping we will get to be a great accomplisher (and human being) is nothing more than magical thinking. It’s a waste of time. Remember 1 percent wins. A few little improvements each day, the result of your daily practice, amount to staggering results over time. Athletes get better through practicing their sport. Great accomplishers get their by cultivating their craft. By elevating their skills. By deepening their impact. By consciously stepping towards their mountaintops. Until they get there.
“Brilliant results don’t just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus & sacrifice”
(these are not my thoughts J and are copied from Robin’s book)
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