Fundamental

fun·da·men·tal   
[fuhn-duh-men-tl]

–adjective
1. serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
2. of, pertaining to, or affecting the foundation or basis: a fundamental revision.
3. being an original or primary source: a fundamental idea.
4. Music . (of a chord) having its root as its lowest note.

–noun
5. a basic principle, rule, law, or the like, that serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part: to master the fundamentals of a trade.
6. Also called fundamental note, fundamental tone . Music .
a. the root of a chord.
b. the generator of a series of harmonics.
7. Physics . the component of lowest frequency in a composite wave.

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You can't run before you can walk, you can't walk before you can crawl, and in the beginning someone carried you. But it happened in that order. Someone carried you until it was time you realized what you wanted. When no one would get it for you, you figured out by scooting across the ground you could get it. Then you learned to pull yourself up. You may have fallen down from time to time but you kept picking yourself up until you found your feet. Then slowly, you put one foot in front of the other but you fell down. You may have cried until someone picked you back up but most likely you tried again on your own. You pulled yourself up, focused on your target, put one foot in front of the other until you were walking. And over time, as you grew, as you fell and learned what to do and what not to do, you got better. This is life. These are the basics.

With every new journey it is understanding there are fundamentels and a starting point we all need to master before moving to the next step. As we Master them it is important to remember that there are others just beginning that same journey. As we become better and proficient in the fundamentals, remember to teach them as if you were learning to crawl for the first time, or step on your own with no help.

Too many of us in business, in athletics, in school, in relationships, try to run before we can walk. Master the fundamentals, teach others to master the fundamentals, teach them to teach others all while you continue to stay true and focused on the fundamentals that got you were you are today and then your life is yours to own. And when that happens...pure & simple jubilation.

Learn. Do. Teach. Repeat.

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."
John Wooden
UCLA Men's Basketball Coach from 1948 to 1975