The battles won in 2017 will pave the way to the victories obtained in 2018.
Some of the things that I refer to as battles are the daily disciplines that are necessary to pave the way to success in the coming seasons.
Maybe we can learn a little bit from history but our nation was actually born from the battles fought and won in the state of New Jersey. The United States of America wouldn’t have been born without the Battle of Trenton.
It appears that George Washington was on his way to losing the Revolutionary War. It was a war that no one expected the colonies to win. His enemies, the British and the for-hire army of German Hessians, appeared to have matters in hand, and were celebrating the victory before the final capitulation.
Washington was in retreat, leaving New York and moving through New Jersey during one of the most severe winters ever recorded in 1776-7.
But instead of running from the battle, he took the battle to places the enemy never expected. Washington achieved the spectacular surprise success at the Battle of Trenton on December 26th, 1776. He gathered his men and had them row across the Delaware in the middle of the night. They attacked the Hessian garrison at sunrise while the men were still drunk and sleepy from their Christmas celebrations the night before.
Washington was successful because he was willing to keep his head and think outside the box. He was also willing to do the thing that was uncomfortable but necessary.
Instead of fighting his battles in a traditional manner, he employed guerrilla tactics. Later, using the same type of tactics, he successfully wiped out a British column on the road to Princeton. But with the help of the French, he pushed the British back into the peninsula at Yorktown and brought the war to a close. His ability to continually maneuver (a French word) and innovate in the midst of war would be the key to victory.