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The only one I don't agree with is 21 - "Yesterday's home runs don't win today's game". Whilst you can no longer do anything about what happened yesterday, it
by prof_hobart 14y ago
The only one I don't agree with is 21 - "Yesterday's home runs don't win today's game".
Whilst you can no longer do anything about what happened yesterday, it can still have a huge influence on how today goes, particularly if you spend much of your day influencing other people, and you often need to keep that in mind.
E.g. - I'm preparing for a presentation with a director - did my last interaction with him go well? If not, I'm probably going to have to work extra hard at getting my message across.
Unfortunately a lot of people don't seem to get this and treat pretty much every interaction as a self-contained thing, not realising what effect existing preconceptions will have on this interaction, and not really thinking about what impact this interaction wil have on future ones.
- trhtrsh 14y agoYou didn't read the whole quote. It says to focus on the present and future, not rest on past laurels. The quote was "Yesterday's home runs don't win today's game" not "Yesterday's practice don't win today's game".
- prof_hobart 14y agoBut yesterday's home runs may well have a psychological impact on both you and your opponent in today's game. Not resting on your laurels is fine, but putting what happened yesterday totally out of your mind when you come to today's game/task isn't always the best thing to do.