In surgery we say: The operation was a success but the patient died."
In medical academics I don't give credit for correct answers. I only give credit if the person understands the answer. I am not a professor, I don't give grades per se. But I have "failed" someone that answered all questions correctly but could not demonstrate understanding those answers.
Just as in pool pool, it has to be the complete game that matters. It is a whole entity, with all the parts working together. Just as you should not over-celebrate one small part of it that you do well, you can't let one small failure crush you either. All of the components work together synergistically. Mastering one thing will not master the game just as certainly as the weakest thing will break the game. At the same time, focus demands that when taking the shot, nothing else matters. The last shot is over, the next shot does not exist. There is no game. There is only the shot.
When the skill, aptitude, and knowledge all come together and you achieve mastery, it's like when Neo saw the Matrix. It's a different plane of existence, you see the world differently, and you command the ability to step into and out of that state of mind at will. Some seek that all their lives. Some find it and lose it. Some find it more naturally while others need to be more deliberate and need help. While there are certainly commonalities, each experience is different. No one method or approach works best for all at all times, and for each the best methods evolve over time as they grow and change. Adaptability is key. This is what keeps it interesting for me.
I could never do this professionally if there was a magic standard formula for performance success. I would die of boredom. When I look at someone else that advertises such a magic standard formula, or that some others say is the single best key to success, I automatically know that is wrong. There are those methods that help most, the people in the middle of the bell shaped curve. But even for them, a more dynamic and individual approach will produce better results that are more sustainable. So, my opinion is that when one adopts some individual method or approach with success, if they adopt that approach as their new religion and stay with it only, they have automatically stagnated themselves and limited their possibilities of performance. That includes my own services. There are maybe five doctors that can function at my level in the country. That's great. Yay. But I also know I am not "it". If someone limits themselves to what I offer, they are doomed.
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