Your Secret Weapon To Stop Asking This Question: Why Are They Better Than Me?

              One evening I remember watching a basketball game in which both teams were playing their hearts out to win. The score was very close and it seemed as if the game was going to last forever. However, something happened that seemed to turn the tide of the game allowing one team to obtain a large lead over the other team. The one factor that made this happen was the actions of one man. This man seemed to come alive throughout the course of the game with the will to want to win more than the other players. You could see the fatigue in his face, but he seemed to play as if he wasn’t tired at all. In was completely phenomenal, he seemed to play better as everyone else and they appeared to play worse. When the game was over, he was interviewed by a reporter who asked him the question I wanted to ask him, “What made you come alive to help your team win the game?” Without taking a breath he said, “It was my constant training?” 

                Constant training is the key factor that can save a firefighter’s life, keep a police officer safe in the face of danger, and bring a solider home from a war. The basketball player went on to say during the interview that his performance during the game became second nature in which his training kicked in allowing his instincts to take over. This is what happens to a sales person who constantly practices on how to sell and obtain customers. To become the best at what you do you have to be willing to train, train, and then train some more. I believe that if you want to be the best at what you have chosen as a career; then you have to constantly train. In other words, there is no such thing as too much training. Ask any professional athlete what help them to win in their particular sport and the answer will always be the same; training. 

                We have all heard the saying, “Practice makes perfect.” This is true however; I would like to expand on this by saying that, “Perfect practice makes perfect.” A person can practice and train constantly the wrong way and obtain the wrong result. However, when you constantly practice the right way you will receive the right result and the right result is the ultimate goal for all who constantly train.