Stop trying to brute-force your way through business and life. Find your own simple and elegant path to success.
Not following the herd, and forging your own path, makes a lot of people uncomfortable. Most feel exposed without the cover of evidence, indicators, and expert opinions. The majority are really uncomfortable with being contrarian, instead of trend-following.
I compare it to the “Zen of the Knuckleball” in baseball.
Most pitchers learn to throw fastballs, curves, sliders, and change-ups. Their main pitch is the fastball — brute force, throw it as hard as possible.
In every generation, there are a tiny minority who are “knuckleballers”. They throw the knuckleball almost exclusively.
Unlike the other pitches that are thrown hard, a knuckleball is thrown softly. It “dances” in the air.
Instead of controlling the speed and location, the knuckleball pitcher has no control, and has no idea how the pitch will move.
Instead, he surrenders and trusts the process.
He has faith that, even though the knuckleball is moving slowly, its path changes moment to moment, making it nearly impossible for the batter to track and time it.
Now, I’m asking you to discard the other pitches, be true to yourself, and start throwing your knuckleball…
© 2025 Praveen Puri
