Repetition

Professional sports, crafts and arts embody this concept perfectly: repetition.

Repetition of a movement, of a combination, of an idea.

Repetition. Again and again without questioning the why.

If you repeat, you can succeed. If you repeat you improve. You feel. You discover new details.

Because each and every time has a new feel, new parameters.

It reminds me of the motto used by the San Antonio Spurs: “Pounding the rock”, also called the stonecutter creedo.

Hitting the rock repeatedly until it breaks. The success of cutting a rock does not come from one single successful hit. It comes from the consistency, the patience and the dedication to hit a hundre times. A thousand times.

Each and every hit is important. Each and every repetition is a step closer to the goal.

Don’t give in. Repeat.

PS: same goes for writing.