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| Practice makes perfect |
It's that time of the year when we look back at the
resolutions we made in January, and evaluate our performance. Some punch walls
on realising they have done little, others repent, promising to do better the
following year.
But here's the thing: everyone desires to win. God wired us
that way. We're inherently competitive. Yet the person who stands out at the
end of the day is the one who goes beyond the will to win by rolling his
sleeves and doing the requisite preparation.
Preparation is what the greatest boxer of all time,
Muhammad Ali, was talking about when he said "The fight is won or lost far
away from the witnesses, behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the
road; long before I dance under those lights."
Opportunities for success are always available and
beckoning but only those who are prepared will seize them with aplomb and
execute them like geniuses because of their readiness.
Preparation begins with the realisation of the preciousness
of time. There are only 24 hours, 1440 minutes and 86400 seconds in a day and
the person succeeds who uses his time wisely. It's amazing the order and focus
that comes into someone's life when time, including time to play, is planned
for.
Preparation also means feeding well: three square meals of
balanced diet a day, exercising for fitness and having enough rest (doctors
recommend 6-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep) so you can rise revitalised to
handle the tasks of a new day.
Go read about the lives of very successful people and you
will learn more about preparation as the most vital ingredient behind every
great achievement. Then you won't be asking why your resolutions never get
fulfilled.
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