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A great question to start an interesting conversation —
What‘s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?
If you could ask this from Sachin Tendulkar, what would he say?
What‘s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?
If you could ask this from Sachin Tendulkar, what would he say?
In his 22-year long career, Sachin never opted for a runner.
His most memorable inning was when he scored the 1st double century in 1-day cricket history.
During the tail end of this special inning, it looked like he badly needed a runner.
But he continued without a runner
His most memorable inning was when he scored the 1st double century in 1-day cricket history.
During the tail end of this special inning, it looked like he badly needed a runner.
But he continued without a runner
Harsha Bhogle, in an interview with Sachin, asked him why he never took a runner.
Tendulkar's answer revealed a totally new dimension to the way I thought about cricket.
Sachin said —
Tendulkar's answer revealed a totally new dimension to the way I thought about cricket.
Sachin said —
A spectator who has never played cricket at professional level, hitting the ball and running between the wickets seem to be two distinct activities.
You hit the ball and then you decide to run.
Right?
Not true.
You hit the ball and then you decide to run.
Right?
Not true.
Many fellow batsmen have noticed that Tendulkar would sometimes make a call to the non-striker batsman (for one, two or three runs) even a few moments before his bat had made a contact with the ball.
That proved Tendulkar’s point about having a big advantage over a runner.
That proved Tendulkar’s point about having a big advantage over a runner.
He showed how playing a shot and running across the wickets are not two separate activities.
They’re one.
The shot doesn’t drive the running. Running doesn’t drive the shot selection.
Yet both drive each other.
They’re one.
The shot doesn’t drive the running. Running doesn’t drive the shot selection.
Yet both drive each other.
This might be obvious to a serious cricket player but for those who have enjoyed cricket only from a distance, it’s a remarkable insight.
And it’s true in every field.
The dynamics of how things are done is much more complex and interlinked than what appears to a spectator.
And it’s true in every field.
The dynamics of how things are done is much more complex and interlinked than what appears to a spectator.
Scott Adams, creator of wildly popular comic strip Dilbert, was once asked in an interview –
Do you do the writing or the drawing first?
His answer...
Do you do the writing or the drawing first?
His answer...
Though Sachin’s insight was brilliant, I can never fathom its depth the way a professional player would.
However, Adams’ insight made a whole lot of sense because I've seen that happening with me repeatedly in the last 5 years while writing over 2,00,000 words of blog posts.
However, Adams’ insight made a whole lot of sense because I've seen that happening with me repeatedly in the last 5 years while writing over 2,00,000 words of blog posts.
The act of writing is tightly coupled with thinking.
If you wait for your thoughts to crystallize in your head before putting them on paper, you’d probably never get started.
Writing drives thinking. Thinking shepherds writing.
If you wait for your thoughts to crystallize in your head before putting them on paper, you’d probably never get started.
Writing drives thinking. Thinking shepherds writing.
The lesson is that all these activities have a very close feedback loops built into each other.
Someone who hasn’t practiced them might look at them as disjoined set of tasks.
Someone who hasn’t practiced them might look at them as disjoined set of tasks.
So here's a question for you.
What‘s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?
Look forward to several interesting conversations.
What‘s something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand?
Look forward to several interesting conversations.
