Aim the arrow, fire the arrow, forget the arrow.
There are three steps to firing an arrow. All are vital, none can be skipped.
First, you must aim the arrow. If you don’t do this, the arrow will not strike what you want it to. You can get so good at aiming that it takes very little time or effort, but you must still do it. And if you do it for too long, your arms will grow weak and your mind will wander, and so too will you fail.
Second, you must fire the arrow. The moment of decision, the commitment to the act.
Third, you must forget about the arrow. From the moment it is loosed from your bow, there’s nothing more to be done. It will strike or it won’t, but if you’ve aimed carefully and fired with conviction, that’s all you can do to affect the arrow’s flight. Now is the time to look not to the target, but to the quiver. Before the arrow has struck or missed, you should be drawing your next.
Do not forget any part of the arrow’s journey – nor yours.
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