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Japanese Focus

WEEK 2 – DECEMBER 2006


Ohayou Gozaimasu. Greetings this week come to you from Tokyo where I am helping to educate Japanese coaches. Here is a beautiful Japanese story.


A young boy travelled across Japan to the school of a famous martial artist.
When he arrived at the dojo he was given an audience by the sensei.
“What do you wish from me?” the master asked.
“I wish to be your student and become the finest karateka in the land,” the boy replied.
“How long must I study?”
“Ten years at least,” the master answered.
“Ten years is a long time,” said the boy.
“What if I studied twice as hard as all your other students?”
“Twenty years,” replied the master.
“Twenty years! What if I practice day and night with all my effort?”
“Thirty years,” was the master’s reply.
“How is it that each time I say I will work harder, you tell me that it will take longer?” the boy asked.
“The answer is clear. When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way.”

Anonymous


Where is your focus? Don’t try so hard this week.

 

With love
Ann

Ann Quinn, Ph.D
Peak Performance Specialist

Quintessential Coach, Consultant, Speaker & Author

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