Battle

Let me share with you the strange thing in the battle of Stalingrad where Hitler armies suffered a serious retreat from Russian front which later proved to be an important reason for the loss of the former. Hitler armies were strong and equipped in every sense but the reason they lost were very preculiar i.e. Chilling cold and prolonged duration of the war.
Russians knew that its quite hard to sustain an army in biting cold and if they could anyhow prolong the war they would win. However the technique is not that easy to apply as it requires an even temperament for a long time. This is a very important observation.
Let us look at it from a different angle.Any good team knows that in a test match all you need is too save wickets if you are batting in the first innings. And the opener must have a strong temperament to not to be greedy but very selective with which ball to play and which one to leave. But you must see the interesting irony. A fast baller balls maximum on the off side with a sufficient width to play and at the same time you will find most players fielding on the off side. In a way they are counting on the batsman to make a mistake and play the ball. Everytime the batsman becomes greedy he gives away the wicket.
Now its all about having nerves to withstand pressure for entire day of play and choose shots. Rahul Dravid is a player to look for in test matches. He has incredible demanour for test matches. He ignores the acerbic comments from ballers and tries all the time to just concentrate.
Now we will see how the concept is glorified when we do the same thing in an experiment under controlled conditions. In our ecosystem there are animals who have a task to remain alive and feed themselves and their offsprings if any. So by nature of their place in the food chain and offensive style they accomplish this task. So we have 2 chimps( chimpanzee) from different parts of globe. One living in evergreen forests another living in hostile dry lands. Both have to survive. The one living on dry lands have fever resources to live on and the only way to get protein is to eat the hard nuts with a strong cover on them. They cant have it as it is because of their not so strong teeths but they have to wait so that they get dried up and then they have to immaculately break them with stones with impeccable timing and intelligence for their IQ level. They can now eat the core. But the Chimp living in evergreen forests have a rich number of choices cant have same level of perseverance to do such a thing for eating a small nut. Guess what our dry land Chimp is ready for battle of survival as compared to the other Chimp.

So when the outcome of an effort is far off and not visible just now it creates panic. We loose interest in those tasks and what makes it worse is that you can do nothing but wait and just work streadily. Such battles are really test of supreme level of character and determination. Just as a 100 mts spring racer works day in and out for a race which lasts only for some minutes. Those few minutes can change the live for an athelete for ever. But inspite of knowing this just a few infact 2 or 3 people make it to the top. What makes them different. I guess now you know the answer.
I mean right now both US and Russia have enough defence power to eliminate one another but inspite of being evident rivals at the time of Cold War all they did was to empower themselves on not one but all the fronts which connotates to power.
Last but not least, how to live the time when the outcome is away and work steadily. Opposite to the common believe one cannot work efficiently in a mood of negative or distressing ideas. One has to be self motivated for the Goal first and then try to infuse positive thoughts as they give good energy level.