Timing and Pace

I am sure that you have thought about these two extremely important aspects of life. Bobby Fischer, former world chess champion, said that the reason he wins more than most is that he understands the critical situation in which to spend the most time. You can have timing and not pace. You can also have pace and not timing. But, if you have both, then there are few people that can overcome that.

In wrestling, we hear that you have to be attacking all the time. While I agree, I think there is a more pointed part of attack. Specifically, keeping your opponent off balance from the things they expect from you. Using varying pace, allows for that. Go fast and slow on your stance motion or better yet go fast, fast, slow, medium, fast, slow. You see what I'm getting at. Using pace kills their timing.

With proper timing, you get to increase the percentage time your attacks are successful. For example, if you wait until your opponent pushes back on a tie, then it is much easier to throw them. Timing is such a component of feel that can only be learned through repetition. On that note, repetition is accelerated through drilling...proper drilling. In essence, timing comes from drilling.

Life's timing and pace can be overwhelming. But, I will give you the secret to dealing with that. I call it "do more of less things". I know what it sounds confusing, so I will explain. Say, you have a list of 10 things to do. Focus on 3 of them. This is the part where you do less. The part of doing more is that for those three things you have to do, spend extra time finding ways to either automate that job or learning a better way to do it. For example, if you need to get the kids to practice at 5:30 PM, but you get out of work at 5:00, then you will be rushing to get there. Typically, you get in your car and go as fast as you can. A part of doing more in this situation is to talk to the boss and see if you can come in 30 mins early to work so you can leave at 4:30 PM. The point is to really work to find the best solutions.

Go drill focus on less and you will get more!