Risk Avoidance

Former badminton player Kenichi Taishi explains how to improve badminton on YouTube. In the video, he says that it is better not to make risky choices. Risky choices include aiming at the very edge of the net from a distance from the net, aiming at the very edge of the outline, or trying to hit a fast ball and hitting a smash with all your might.

Instead of "going for the decision yourself," a good badminton player's approach is to make a solid stand and not make a mistake yourself, and let your impatient opponent "make a mistake" for you. Scoring points is not something you "take from your opponent," but something you "get from your opponent.

I believe that exactly the same thing can be said of what Mr. Taishi is saying in life. In the teachings of Confucius, there is this saying.

"Winning a hundred battles is not the good of the good.

This means, "Winning without fighting is the best strategy. You avoid risk, wait for your opponent to take risks and destroy himself, and finally finish him off when he is weakened. This is what it means.

As a simple example, let's look at YouTubers. A YouTuber who has a solid presence may find himself or herself established before he or she knows it, while rival YouTubers are flaming out and self-destructing on their own. This is obvious to those of us who are witnessing it in real time. So, don't be impatient yourself, but let them be impatient with you!

References