Something worth doing is worth doing well. Warriors are not slap-dash characters. Warriors may be spontaneous, but that spontaneity is not poorly executed or ill timed. No, a warrior executes with beauty and grace, flawlessly, and contemporaneously.

Do it well. Get to that place and hone your performance and skills at that level and higher. Knowing how to do a multitude of things is not as valuable as doing a few things exceptionally well. Less is more. Expert skills have great value, and the plus is that a flawless execution is a beautiful act and infuses not only your soul, but those of everyone around you who witness your performance with grace and pleasure. Yes, performance is the right word. All the world is a stage, and this life is not a dress rehearsal. So don’t do things half-assed.

“Half measures availed us nothing!” Although I’m not sure of this saying’s origin, it is very true. If nothing is your goal, if nothing is what you look forward to, if nothing is your expectation, then nothing will be your experience.

We have already discussed the idea that warriors must do things (like busywork or practice) when they don’t need to, so that when they do need to, whatever it is will either already be done, or at least not be beyond their level of needed skill to achieve. Do things when you don’t need to. Do it well when you don’t need to … so that it will be done well when you are called upon at any time, in any place, under all conditions, to either perform or produce.

All of this means that the warrior does not undertake an assignment lightly; the warrior understands that the price required is much more than it appears to be at first reading. True warriors know in their hearts that a poorly executed assignment can have grave consequences … so warriors have to allocate the required time and resources to preparation before embarking upon an assignment. A winner does not practice during a competition. No, a winner practices at all other times, so that the competition is a flawless execution of skill and elegance. A beautiful performance!

True warriors take this to heart, and as they acquire skills, they do so with the understanding that they are going to keep working on this skill until they can execute it well!

You are warriors. You do things well. You are willing to pay the price to perform at the highest level. So it is written.