Paddle Wrecked Me
Dont be fooled by the picture, the paddle I am blogging about us not the type that provides power to a boat. It's a racket ball game using a bat smaller than a tennis racket, a squash racket but bigger than a table tennis bat.
The court is like a tennis court and a squash court rolled inrlri one. It also encompasses real tennis play to an extent.
I thought, well this looks simple enough to play and I'm very reasonable at all racket sports 😉 so let's give it a go, looks easy. Mistake No1, never underestimate a game that looks simple, it will bite you in the butt, and it did. I lost 6-0, 6-0, 6-1. I pulled both thigh muscles, burned my left knee on the surface, have pains all through my arms😗, legs, back, shoulders and bottom.
Mistake No2, do not underestimate your opponent. I knew both my opponents and they gave nothing, absolutely destroyed me.
Mistake No3, not prepared. I definitely was not ready for what I was taking in. In my mind, I had already won. I actually think my opponents took it easy on me.
What did I learn.
Research, prepare, deploy, learn, audit, plan, deploy, learn, start again and repeat.
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A great message Dave. Never underestimate. The lessons learned should be applied on a regular basis. Thank you for the share.
Michael
Well done Dave, at least you had a go. You have a few days before you drive back to la belle France.
Have a cracking New Year Mate.
Bux
Wow, Dave--you learned some important lessons! An analogy to business in a round about way! Sometimes, I assume that I job I was headed to will be easy (perhaps I had done it a lot) On those occasion, I learned just how wrong that I was!
Jeff
Hi Jeff. Yes, I tried to draw similarities to not going into business without a good idea of what you are doing.
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Lesson Learnt Dave, All the Bets for the New Year and safe journey home.
Cheers
Murray
Hi Murrey. Yes sur, same to you too