A few minutes ago, Tennis world number one, Novak Djokovic defeated world number two and Centre Court star boy, Roger Federer, in the Wimbledon final.
For those that follow the sport, you will agree it was a classic. Familiar names, but they served us a match to remember taking the game to five sets, lasting for almost five hours! (The longest ever Wimbledon final).The aftermath of the game left me itching for my keypads. There were huge lessons to take away.
The general consensus from the bookmakers and simple viewers like myself, was that Roger Federer played the better tennis on the day. The two sets he won were 6-1, 6-4, and the two he lost before the deciding fifth set were tie-breaks. Infact, all the stats showed that Federer was streets ahead of him. Yet, Djokovic won that game. How? He picked his moments. He played his best tennis at the tie breakers and in the all deciding fifth set. In the second and fourth set, he lost easily and choose to conserve his energy wisely. In the war, he picked the most decisive battles and that made all the difference. In life, we must pick our moments. We must pace ourselves. We must know the most important battles in the war. We must learn to conserve energy, resources and time for when it truly matter. We are all finite resource so we must know when to strike.
Despite the partisan noise at Centre Court that almost made it feel like Federer was in Zurich, Novak Djokovic maintained his cool and brought out the steel that makes him such a doyen of the game. At times, you will be the unpopular one, the unfamiliar, the unloved and the crowd will want to get into your skin. The key is to use the detractors as fuel, and process the noise as 'fitting chants.' Federer's place in history is long preserved, and he will live to fight another day for his 21st grand slam title, but there was so much to learn from this game. Pick your moments!
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