Being the best demands a lot from you. You need to invest a lot of time, energy and effort in the domain, not just playing around, but focusing your mind on how to get better.
Day after day. Week after week. Month after month. Year after year.
But the people that get really good don’t like doing the deliberate practice any more than you do. And they don’t get better faster than you do. Nobody “likes” doing deliberate practice: To be successful, you just need to do it.
And the people who get really successful are the ones who will often do more practice than you do to get to the same standard.
Weird, eh?
So it’s really important to be able to master our state. To master our emotional, physical and mental condition – so that we can perform at our best when we need it.
The good news: That’s something we can train for.
Your comments remind me of the book –Talent is Overrated–Geoff Colvin
Yep – great book!