In any martial art, discipline is important. You have to be able to be able to take instruction and then practice it on your own. My school is no different. We learn a lot of techniques, and we have a great emphasis in applying what we learn to real life fighting. The idea is that what is the point of learning lots of great looking forms if you never know if they really work. Without applying techniques, all we are doing is a glorified gym class.
The essence of our techniques are hidden in the details. Moves as small as keeping your shoulder in the socket are the difference between success and failure of a move. I've spent hours practicing my moves and I know that if you pay close enough attention, there is always something you can improve. In this way, you are never comparing yourself to others, but only to maximize your ability. Thinking in this manner can help you to far exceed any goal others set for you, and this is the power of focusing on the details.
In life, this means that you should look at the way you go about accomplishing tasks and think about ways of making these tasks more efficient. By trying to save small amounts of time in things that you do throughout a day, you can make more time to focus on things you like to do rather than chores you have to do. An example is if you are going to go grocery shopping, make a list for yourself and try to find the quickest route to getting all of the items on the list.
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