I have been playing tennis for over 10 years. Then I find that many people, except those who played tennis in their school days, develop habits in their playing style. I find that if they do not normalize their hardened, self-styled posture, which is inherently a habit that needs to be corrected, they will not be able to improve their abilities afterwards.
And I realized that this is similar to the way we live our lives. It is a habit of the way we have been living our lives.
Being stingy
Being pessimistic
To speak ill of others
Boasting
And so on. If you observe other people carefully, you will find many habits.
It is a shortcut to improvement to have your tennis habits pointed out to you by other senior players. However, in general, there are not many people who can do that. This is because they look at you from a superior perspective. Having more than 10 years of experience, I thought I was not so habitual.
Last year, however, one of my seniors pointed out my shortcomings. I thought I was hitting with my whole body, but I found that I was hitting with force using my upper body and wrists. I am currently correcting this shortcoming.
I also reflected on myself, thinking that this flaw in the way I hit the tennis ball is also a reflection of the way I live my life.
Then I discovered exactly that. I realized that when I have been a human being for a long time, I have inevitably become biased, and that too, multiple flaws have been solidified and left unchecked.
Becoming aware of anything is the beginning of improvement. As long as we are alive, reflection is a step toward improvement.
