Decisions

As a pitcher, I worked hard, focused and got to a whole different level during a game. I didn't throw particularly hard but my curveball is what threw off batters when I utilized it correctly. In certain situations,  I would rely on my past experiences and knowledge to decide what was the right pitch for that given moment. Many times my curveball was my out pitch, and it kept batters guessing for what pitch was coming next, but most of all, I used it to be in control of the game when I had the ball in my hand. 

 

Sometimes a person can make mistakes;  there were times I threw certain pitches at the wrong time and the batter would smash it but I think that is what made me successful as a pitcher. I tried my hardest, made mistakes and learned from them in preparation for the next batter, game or season. If you learn from each mistake then you may not make the same one in the future.

 

There are things a person can control and there a things a person cannot. I like to separate the two. As a pitcher, you can control how you pitch - where it was thrown, what type of pitch, and speed of it; however, you cannot control what the batter does. If you gave it your all, meaning you read the situation correctly but the batter just happened to beat you at that moment why not learn from it and move on? Too often our minds can get caught up in the past that we do not look to the present or near future.

 

Every decision we make should be one we are confident in and will see it through to the end. EVERYONE makes mistakes in decision making, so learn from them and change the approach next time. Do not harp on the things you cannot control because you can only control the things you do.

 

I used the baseball example because it is a fact: you cannot control the way the batter swings or reads that given pitch you just made, but you can control which pitch you make and where you throw it. This directly relates to every decision in your life. If you do not like the way  any given situation, relationship, event, habit or job is going then make a decision to change it - do not try and change someone else because they are probably not the problem - you are. And your chances of changing someone else is next to impossible - change yourself!  Your whole world can change if you as an individual can take action in improving your decision making and what you choose to focus on day-to-day.

Learning is really important to me, and my goal is to share the important things I learn in life with others. Thanks for reading :-)

-Brandon