Keeping your eye on the ball is excellent advice in an athletic context, but it works in all other areas of your life, too. On the job, focusing on important decisions (and not on the gossip of disgruntled coworkers) means that you automatically become a valuable part of those decisions. In a relationship, focusing on your partner ensures that you won't ever take him or her for granted. In life as in sports, you have to live in the moment and be paying attention.
