Do You Play HARD Or Do You Play WELL?

Do You Play HARD Or Do You Play WELL?

Would you rather that You Play HARD Or  Play WELL?  This question is one for the books because on the surface, it's a damn easy one, a no-brainer at that.  And If I take a random sampling, surely most of us will shout in unison that we all want to PLAY WELL because that gives us the improved probability of prevailing and winning that contest we're battling in.

But to quote Babe Ruth, the famous American baseball hero and Hall of Famer said:  IT'S HARD TO PLAY WELL BUT IT'S EASY TO WORK HARD.  Indeed, those are deep insights easier to read than to dissect.  But he's driving out here is that to PLAY WELL, it has one too many dependencies because to PLAY WELL is not solely dependent on you, the player.  You could be a top-notch player but if it happens that your opponent is craftier and playing at a higher level than you, your level of play may even be tagged as 'AWRY' because in the end, you have that shortfall wherein your opponent ends up PLAYING WELL.  Unfortunately, in basic logic, when the opponent plays that WELL, that puts into question if you can claim that mantle that you are PLAYING WELL as well

Whereas when you PLAY HARD, there is NO pre-defined ceiling, there is NO dependency on others, there is NO conditions that will influence either your success or failure.  Everything is left within your hands, your fate.  You can jump as high as you want.  You can score as much as you can.  You can hoop together with all those uncontested dunks.  You can throw those lob passes over to your next teammate but at the end of the day, PLAYING HARD solely rests on you📌📌📌

BTW, at the workplace, everyone is expected to PLAY WELL because they got to 'deliver the goods' based on the operations manual, based on the contractual SLA.  So, assuming everyone in the workplace do PLAY WELL, how can you stand out?  OR would you rather to be just another face in that mob of a crowd?  Won't you prefer to stand out from that crowd in the workplace and be singled out for PLAYING HARD 📙📗📘

So why don't we consider hook, line and sinker Babe Ruth's mantra here?  Bottom line here is that in life, by PLAYING HARD, it means you have poured your energy all-out.  You squeezed yourself hard for every ounce of sweat.  You pushed yourself not just hard but the hardest.  By embracing to that PLAY HARD mantra, you will be in FULL CONTROL of your fate, devoid of any dependency to anything and anyone except from within yourself❗❗❗