When to think and when not to

Attempt to reconsider our definition of success.

I’ve been practicing my jump-shot for two months now 5 days a week for 1 hour. What that has taught me, I’m now trying to use in other activities of daily life.

It takes around 10 to 15 minutes to get all the muscles going. After that, you’re physically ready.

With the skill level activated, the basis for making the shot is there. It’s no longer luck if you hit it or not.

But why don’t we hit every shot? All the preconditions are met, the ability is there.

One option is to analyze every miss. Maybe the hand positioning was a little off; I didn’t use my legs enough so it came up short. That’s all reasonable.

But after a certain number of misses I usually got slightly upset:

“No more half-assing, the next shot is going in!”

And most of the time it did. With a good amount of desire and confidence, I could make any shot.

Translating this into everyday life.

There are countless situations where we see opportunities. But we don’t take our chance. Instead we resort to an excuse: “I will hit on that girl after I put on 5 kg of muscles, because then I will feel confident enough about my body.”

That makes sense. You want to improve yourself, which is good.