Strategy

There's just more to it than planning. There's the execution phase and lots of strategies have phases of execution. But then you have several strategies with their own intricacies and timelines. They independently start and finish on their own linear time lines.

However - they overlap each other and that's where the trouble starts. Those lines are starting to blur and cross and it results in chaos. Organization is the key, but simplicity is quite helpful to good organization.

I probably just answered my own problem right there. Of course that's easier said than done.

When it comes to challenges in the ring - I didn't prepare for this kind of challenge on account of not knowing it existed. I guess those are the surprise hits we need to prepare for. The only thing you know is that there will always be something you don't know and can't readily prepare for aside from being conscious of the fact we don't know everything.

In this case the Champ needs to fall back on the grind to make it through. As in many other situations w/ many other opponents - it's the grind of work that is uniform across opponents to wear them down. He who works harder at the right points will win. This is that part of the fight where the fighting is ugly and the win is important.

All the super-romantic uppercuts and knockouts aren't going to happen. Someone is going down because they couldn't hold on any longer. This is going the distance and tomorrow is no exception.

Be here while being there - all while being available during the pursuit of new matches. That's been the name of the game for quite a while now and will continue.

I just realized an interesting analogy. Landing accounts is like picking fights - it's the easy part. Being strategically superior, being in shape to execute, executing and having experience are the hard part. The successful execution is the hard part. That's the difference between good fighters and great fighters.