Monday, August 28, 2017

Strategy!

Isn't there a strategy in boxing, and everything else you want to be successful at? Isn't implementing a strategy AND STICKING TO IT a formula for success? Why is everyone complaining about Mayweather getting hit and not punching early on? Did you help define Mayweather's strategy? Did you think he was thrown off his game and this wasn't part of the strategy? "It's not where you start, it's where you finish" I thought was always the goal, in boxing, and life...? Complaining about the fight is like complaining about a team that went 5-0 in the first 5 games of the season..... but never made the playoffs; compared to a team that lost to that 5-0 team and went 2-3 in the first 5 games of the season.... but won the Super Bowl. This is the problem today, people fail to see that instituting a plan for success, a "program" or a "plan" or a "strategy" or whatever you want to call it takes resolve, time, effort, discipline, dedication, consistency and a bit of confidence. I imagine the complainers were switching back and forth from the fight and the "as seen on tv" infomercial channel for "8 minute abs" - "thigh master" - "shake weight".

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strat·e·gy
ˈstradəjē/
noun
  1. a plan of action or policy designed to achieve a major or overall aim.
    "time to develop a coherent economic strategy"
    synonyms:master plan, grand design, game plan, plan (of action), action plan, policy, program; More
    • the art of planning and directing overall military operations and movements in a war or battle.
      synonyms:the art of war, (military) tactics
      "military strategy"
    • a plan for military operations and movements during a war or battle.