If you focus on the technique, the move will finish itself.

If you truly desire a particular result, you need to ignore the outcome.

By focusing on the outcome, you are ignoring what is required to achieve it.

In Jiu Jitsu, I began by briefly learning the technique that was taught to me, and as soon as I could use it live against my team I would rush as fast as I could to get that submission… Rather than focusing on the fundamentals of what got me the submission.

As I continued to scale my skill, I realized if I just focused on each stage of the submission, the technique, I could guarantee that I achieved the submission.

Each stage of the submission became its own submission, a little win for me to know I would get what I wanted.

P.S. As usual, the same principles are regurgitated across different delivery methods. The goal should be to do things that will allow you to understand them. Understanding only comes from doing. Repetitive doing creates higher levels of clarity on your understanding.