Next Steps

Whatever it is we want to achieve, can be treated as a game or project. For illustration purposes, we can refer to this game as a tennis match.

In tennis, the aim is to attempt to win the point by striking the ball over the net so that the opponent cannot return it. The opponent responds by returning the ball back to us and we make our next move based on whatever shot our opponent fires back at us. Whilst our end goal is to win the match, our sole focus during the match is on playing our next shot. Winning that next point. We cannot concentrate on what our previous shot was or what the later shot might be. All we can focus on now is what we are to do with our current shot to win that next point.

The same goes in the game we are playing in life. Our focus is thinking about what are faced with at this present moment. That is, what we can do now to win that next point. We are focused on what our next steps should be. Whilst we can contemplate the successes or failures of yesterday or the grand vision of tomorrow, these learnings and experiences should be applied now to make our next steps as good as they can be. Our focus now is our next steps.