It can be easy to mimic our mentors or peers.
However, our priorities and values aren’t always identical to theirs.
Keep track of your own goals by regularly asking, “What’s important now?”
to make better decisions on what you tackle next.
Second, the question “What’s important now?”
helps them stay focused on how they are playing.
If the players start thinking about the other team they lose focus.
Consciously or not, they start wanting to play the way the other team is playing.
They get distracted and divided.
By focusing on their game in the here and now, they can all unite around a single strategy.
This level of unity makes execution of their game plan relatively frictionless.
That’s not to say you’ll succeed at everything you do.
Sometimes, timing may not be right.
Yet constantly asking yourself, “What’s important now?”
will help you focus on the right priorities with the right timing.
The Difference Between Losing and Being Beaten| Farnam Street
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