A friend I play soccer with is a master of the game. He has a way of elegantly taking control of the game. That means his mastery goes beyond slick ball control to the way he reads the game.
The other day, he shared some feedback with folks on the other team. When they lost their first goal, they began showing signs of frustration.
That then led to them giving away a few more. By the time they began fighting back, it was too late.
He pointed to that initial show of frustration as the turning point. “It is a game of errors. You can’t let one error get to you. Move on.”
That idea – a game of errors – is truth. When we forget it, we dwell on the errors of the past and lose focus on the present. That only leads to more errors. The longer we hold on to those errors, the more we spiral.
It is a game of errors. Accept the error, move on, and focus on playing the best you can.
Applicable in soccer and in life.
