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What does it mean to be brilliant at the basics ?
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Being brilliant at the basics is essential to progress in career and life.
Lot of groundwork is required in initial days to set the right foundation and without these basics in place, it is very difficult to build the building of success.
Basics are the fundamentals on which foundation of success is built because it supports to have in depth understanding and take the right decisions.
True Champions are always brilliant at the basics and their fundamentals are well honed.
Somewhere down the line a boring job done day in and day out build mastery and expertise and help us to become brilliant at the basics which differentiate our performance in the long run
Sharing a real life story which helped me realize the meaning and importance of being brilliant at the basics in the early stages of my life.
At the age of 15, I started learning the game of basketball
My basketball coach was an expert in his art
On first day, I was given Spartan ball and told to run with ball along the side of basketball court
Go straight and come back and so on
Instruction was given not to enter the basketball court until told to do so
I started doing it
Daily routine was run with ball alongside the court and not to enter basketball court
I followed the instruction diligently and continued
Daily, I saw other boys playing basketball game inside the court from day one
They enjoyed thrill of scoring baskets from various angles, using strategy and tactics to beat others
And I was just running with ball for three to four hours on daily basis and doing nothing else
One month passed by and my mother asked what have you learnt
I said – Nothing except to run with the ball
Another one month passed with same routine
I told my father that am not going to play this game anymore and should try something else
It is very boring.
Just run with the ball and doing nothing else
He convinced me to continue and same routine continued for another one month
Ninety Days had passed and I made up mind to quit this monotonous and boring game because I never thought basketball was supposed to be played this way.
When everybody in the court was playing the game, I was the one left on side lines only to run with the ball
My decision was final and went to coach to communicate the same
Before I could say anything, coach told me that now time has come to enter the basketball court
So, after practicing dribble for three months, got to play the first game of basketball.
As soon as I started playing the game, had very strong dribble and when I run with ball, had full control over it
I realized it was due to focused routine of running with the ball.
My shooting skills were also better than others due to consistent practice.
Being focused on brilliant at basics helped me to become a decent basketball player.
Many a times in life we are doing jobs and work or learning something which are challenging initially and seems monotonous and boring.
It takes time and lot of ground efforts to understand, learn and become brilliant at the basics.
Somewhere down the line this boring job done day in and day out build mastery and expertise and help us to become brilliant at the basics which differentiate our performance in long run
Being brilliant at the basics in every field is the foundation which needs patience and perseverance.
And on this foundation bigger and higher success stories are built.
P.S.- My coach went on to become national level basketball coach for India team and I had a podium finish at state level basketball.
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