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