Raising your game

Raising your game is essential if you don’t want to be beaten by your opponents.
 
You may think that because you are number one, people will be out to try and beat you. But you may also be under the mistaken assumption that no one can beat you at the moment. No one has the game plan they need to make you lose so they can win.
 
What you need to understand is that what worked for you yesterday may not work for you today, and if you don’t make corrections and raise your game then you will undoubtedly lose again tomorrow.

Your opponents on the other hand are trying to find ways to defeat you. They watch what you are doing to try and find ways through your defensive armour. They watch and look to find your flaws so they can exploit them. In tennis terms you may have a great forehand topspin but your second serve lets you down. So your opponent tries to make you play to your weaker backhand rather than your better forehand. They are hoping that you will make some mistakes, which they are hoping to further capitalise on by making you angry and annoyed, which may translate into missing one or two of your first serves. And if you miss your first serves, then they know you are more than likely to miss your second serve too.
 
What happens when they are trying to beat you, they practice the moves they need to make, and keep on practising so their new game becomes second nature to them. Now all they need to do is play you again, they have succeeded in raising their game, it may seem like yours has been lowered, when in reality yours has stayed the same.
 
One of the things I have noticed recently is how few of the people I’ve spoken to actually know what their competition is doing. How can you raise your game if you don’t know who’s out there in the marketplace let alone what they’re doing right now. Henry Ford thought he was invincible with the Model T. That was until General Motors came along, after which time it took Ford almost 70 years to catch up.
 
Are you guilty of not knowing what your current strengths and weaknesses are? Are you hoping that no one has a better game plan than you do? If that is the case I would suggest you take a good look at the game you are currently playing because it’s time you raised the level, after all if Henry Ford found out the hard way, so can you.

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