I played tennis for the first time in 5 years today, and it reminded me of one of Rohan’s posts called ‘Avoiding unforced errors’.
In many situations—in both tennis and in life—we can do well just by avoiding unforced errors.
Instead of trying to hit the difficult winning shot, we should just focus on getting the ball back over the net.
It also reminds me of something an old boss of mine said, “90% of the job is just doing the basics really really really really really well.”
Nothing fancy. Just a bit of restraint and the basics.