John Roussot, author of Liberate Your Greatness, is a black belt in three styles of karate. His journey offers a powerful lesson for communicators.
John started karate at five years old. In the beginning, training was repetitive: punch, punch, punch. Most of his friends gave up. But John stayed with it. He repeated the basics over and over.
Years later, he could throw six punches in a single second.
That happened because he mastered the fundamentals.
When I spoke with him, he shared a quote from Bruce Lee: “I fear not the man who has practised 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practised one kick 10,000 times.”
People often chase new tricks, new tech, new formats. But the speakers who stand out are those who repeat the basics until they get them right every time.
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