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Jimmy Connors nails that 1 essential skill for you to be the at the top of your trade

Complete attention on the Job at Hand with a sense of detachment

-Eknath Eswaran

True Purpose of Work


Imagine  a budding Tennis Player dreaming to become an All-time great ! 

The young kid has to:

Learn to practice to hit the ball well ...in the current moment ..so that, 

by hitting successive shots well,

 She can win the Point, in the next few seconds! , so that,

by winning successive points

 She can win the Game , in the next few minutes! , so that,

by winning successive Games

 She can win the Set, in the next 30 minutes or so! , so that,

by winning successive Sets

 She can win the Match, in the next few hours! , so that,

by winning successive Matches

 She can win the Championship, in the next few days! , so that,

by winning Multiple Championships

 She can attain the No.1 ranking, in the next few years ! , so that,

by being No 1 for multiple weeks

 She can become an All-Time Great in the next decade ! 


You have a  great news then : 

The road to the Top then is based upon one single thing that you have in control:

Complete attention on the Job at Hand with a sense of detachment

The Young Kid's single-pointed attention in the current moment on hitting the ball well defines her Destiny!  

Jimmy Connors said to an Hollywood Celebrity who played Tennis as an Hobby:

Do not take your practice lightly - 

Do not practice without focus , just because its practice!

For the habits of practice lead to the habits in the actual match!

No matter your trade : this is the Formula for you to reach the Top: 

Results = f(Focused practice)

ie., Results is  Function of Focused practice

For example,

To stay calm in day-today life, You need to practice meditation

To stay relevant in your Work , You need to practice learning new skills 

Sam Ovens calls this technique as Chunking : The secret to achieving Big Goals in his YouTube Video 

say you want to achieve something big in life: 

Start from Big picture : 5-10 years , What do you want ?

Now reverse engineer : What do you want to achieve at end of this year? 

reverse engineer : What do you want to do at the end of this Month?

reverse Engineer : what do you want to do at the end of the this Week?

reverse engineer : what do you want to do at the end of the this Day?

What do you want to do this next hour?

So the progress of the next decade, depends on what you are doing this hour 

It takes time! 

Don't keep staring at the summit! rather you shall Stare at your boots ;

and take that one more step; and then one more;

A journey of 1000 miles start with the next step!