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Focus, not hocus-pocus

by HARVEY MACKAY
| February 16, 2025 1:00 AM

A martial arts student approaches his instructor with a question. "I'd like to improve my knowledge of the martial arts. In addition to learning from you, I'd like to study with another teacher to learn another style. What do you think of this idea?"

The master answered, "The hunter who chases two rabbits catches neither one."

Thomas Edison famously said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration." Edison spent years perfecting the light bulb, the phonograph and the motion picture camera. These items didn't come about from just a flash of inspiration. You must determine where your strengths lie and then focus them on your objectives. Focus is the key word.

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