Most people think of music as just the notes. However, the pauses between notes are equally important.
If you are talking about punching and kicking, most focus on the exertion phase and take for granted the pauses/connections in between hits. Mathematicians can tell you that zero is a very important number or that “empty set” is still a specific set. Day is not more important than night, both have their purposes.
Speed is important but pausing or slowing down at the right moment can make a big difference. Rushing through traffic even when the light is ‘red’ will not get you to the end destination faster. Expert snipers wait for the right moment instead of a machine-gun approach. Surfers wait for the right wave to get the best ride. Good salesmen knows when to close a sale – not early, not late – only when the buyers are ready. I can go on and on with other examples.
There is good waiting and bad waiting. Bad waiting is when you are obsessed with one specific solution and want to wait for the perfect moment to deliver that planned “bomb (or knock out punch)” – that time may never come. Good waiting is when your pause is used as a “positive” strategic action.
Exercise
Try to summarize the above concept in two words.
Give me some more examples on some commonly neglected aspects that are actually important.