Striving towards Excellence

-Karthik Gurumurthy

Little nuggets of wisdom can be found all around us if we keep our eyes and ears open to the possibility. Roger that!

The main take aways from Roger Federer’s commencement speech are:

i. Effortless is a myth:
Talent matters but talent has a broad definition. Most of the time it’s not about having a gift but having grit. Discipline, trust and patience are talents. Embracing the process is talent. Managing your life is a talent. Developing and working on these abilities is key to success.

ii. It’s only a point:
The best in the world know they lose again and again and have learned to deal with it. You move on, be relentless, adapt and grow.

iii. Life is bigger than the court.
Life like tennis is a team sport. Your success depends on your team, your family, your friends, your rivals. These influences shape you in who you are and to become the best version of you.

iv. He won 54% of all the points he played, yet he won 80% of all the matches he played!

v. Even a small, but consistent, performance edge at a micro-scale integrates to a much bigger macro-scale advantage over a period of time.