How good do we want to be at what?
How much time do we want to invest?
Are we (still) on a steep learning curve?
Or are we hitting diminishing returns?
If developing
A broad range
Of skill, flexibility
Is most important to us,
If we don't think
We'll end up in the 0.01%
Needing to spend thousands of hours
To get an extra 5 km/h on the serve
We might
Fare better
Applying something like
The Pareto principle.
Towards
An end state of
Being 80% "good"
With 20% of practice.
Then
As we need to practice more
And/or make less progress
Look for the next Pareto project
Maybe
5 of those 80% Paretos
Would be more valuable than
1 85% of something?
Pick 1-3 fields max
Of primary passions
Where we consciously keep going
And accept diminishing returns?
Is there a Pareto field
That could lead to
A jump
In a primary passion?
Also
Having built up a broad range
Might overcompensate
A slightly slower serve :P
Maybe
Serve smartly instead?
Mix in
The other hand?
While starting off the weak side
Might feel rough and slow
Most might quickly see
Jumps and breakthroughs there
Such rough start
May in itself be
A sign of having found
A steep learning curve