Let’s say that you wanted to learn tennis. What’s the first thing you should focus on? Should you figure out which racquet to buy? Whether it has a leather grip or fiberglass frame? Should you buy shoes that suit the surface you’re playing on?
No, you weirdo. The first thing you should do is grab any tennis racquet, put on some old sneakers, and hit a couple of thousand shots. Practice. Work on your technique. Everything else is a distraction.
Yes – details like your choice of racquet or shoes might tweak the performance of someone like Andre Agassi. But even if I had the best tennis racquet in the world, Andre Agassi would still beat the crap out of me with a lousy wooden racquet.
When you’re a beginner, details like these don’t matter. They only serve to distract you from the big picture.
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