” One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.”
– Anthony Robbins

Kabir – The couplet
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transliterated:
Man ke bahut satrang hai, chun chun badale soye |
Ek rang mein jo rahe, aisa birla koi ||

Translation:
The mind flits like a butterfly through many colors, picking one after the other |
When the mind finds focus, it can then direct the soul to success ||

My thoughts:
Our rationality tends to sometimes lead us astray. We need to find reason, and this quest often leads as astray of our target. Sometimes, reason becomes evident only after attaining that which is sought.

This is why many generals insist on discipline and look for obedience rather than free thought. Everyone has a different perspective, and this colors our view of the object. The entire army needs to think as one – the decision is the burden of the general alone. In the absence of such discipline, many wars would have led to pure chaos.

Our entire being is in and of itself larger than any army. Each of senses perceives different from the rest. Each limb has different ways to get to where it needs to be, and each independent part of the body needs to do something different, but in complete coordination, for the body to be where it needs to be at any time. And this still needs coordination with the mind for the inner being to be in sync with the external world.

Focus and concentration – these are what will help us find the right way every time. But we still need direction from our goal, our ambition. So they are not the entire answer, but they are the right way to the answer.