Lessons from Sports! February 3, 2009
Posted by sickscorpio in Intelligentia, Personal.Tags: better, complacency, plan, play, sports, work hard
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Feels like eons since I wrote last. So here you go, buds.. A piece of my mind…
Lessons from sports
If you keep at it for a long enough time, you’re guaranteed to end up with a few stories to tell.
The only way to develop and sustain a burning desire to reach and stay at the top is to make sure you train with people better than you.
Don’t be afraid of the competition. Be afraid of your own complacency.
Self management is extremely important.
Its better to spend more time training and acquiring the skills required to win than participating in every competition. Know when to say, ‘No’.
Have a plan. Execute it!
Becoming the best will require beating the best. So better train like the best. Just beleive that you have what it takes to beat them.
The only way to ensure victory is to play better than your opponent till the last second.
Perhaps most importantly, know your weakpoints and play accordingly.
I trained. I played. I won.
I’ll train, play and win.
Playing the right game on a level field! December 23, 2008
Posted by sickscorpio in Blogroll, Intelligentia, Personal.Tags: critical analysis, do what you want, fight, motivation, work hard
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This post is not about sports. Its about life.
If hitting a ball out of the park is what you do best, there’s no point in taking sewing lessons..
If you have a deep understanding of human behavior, there’s no point troubleshooting machines..
Its important that you find out what you do best. It may not be obvious, if you haven’t done it often. It becomes easier to identify when you look at things you love to do. Not just enjoy or like to do, or what you want to do. Find what you actually love to do.
Then sit down and think, what is it that’s keeping you from doing (if of course you’re not doing it already).
The obstacles may be external or internal, argue with yourself about them. Decide whether its external obstacles or are they actually internal but you perceive them to be external..
Make a critical analysis of your beliefs about your current situation.
When you know what you want to do and what’s stopping you from doing it freely, start finding ways to remove those obstacles.
Coz if you are playing, you better play what you love to, or die trying.
Always remember, you have to do everything that you must do to be able to do what you want to do!
And it is what you really-freaking-extremely want is what you should give up your life for.
Coz people will find ways to undermine you if they want to. No point wasting your life playing the wrong game, to please them.
Know your game, play it. But play it at the right place.
No point accumulating frustration by playing when the tables are tilted and the game is rigged!
Seek out arenas that give you a fair chance. Reach out and run your show. Be the superstar you want to be, not what someone else tells you to be.
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Nurture your dreams, love them like a child, grow them strong and fight off the naysayers.
Fight as long as you live, if that’s what it takes.
