THE GOLDEN MEAN: How To Do More, By Doing Less

Once You Learn Patience, Your Options Suddenly Expand

Nick Wyatt
5 min readMay 23, 2023
Photo Credit: The Ringer

“Why is patience so important? Because it makes us pay attention.” ― Paulo Coelho

Have you ever thought about what makes a “good” hitter a “great” hitter in baseball? Albert Pujols finished up his career with a freakishly-absurd .420 on-base percentage and is one of four Major League Baseball players to reach the 700-home run mark.

Joining the ranks of other baseball legends such as Barry Bonds (762 homers), Hank Aaron (755) & Babe Ruth (714). It’s patience, not power that separates Albert Pujols from the rest of the pack. He once advised a young Mark Trumbo to, “learn pitchers better and not to be afraid of taking a third strike.”

“You don’t want to strike out looking, but sometimes when you protect the strike zone you end up expanding it.

I think it’s pretty realistic that I can improve in that department, it’s a goal, but you can’t compare yourself to Albert because he’s the best hitter on the planet.”

Mark Trumbo

The first step in mastering productivity is mastering yourself. You will specifically need to put things in perspective when it comes to time-management…

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Nick Wyatt

"It's not what you got, it's what you PLAN to get that truly matters." Writer & FX Trader 📈🔄🏁✈️🏆🧘🏾