5 life lessons we can all learn from Sachin Tendulkar

#2 Evolve with time

Sachin Tendulkar during a Pakistan Tour

When a style of play is successful for more than a decade, it is highly unlikely for sportspersons to change it and start playing in a different way altogether. For instance, many companies go out of business for precisely this failure to evolve according to the changing market conditions. However, Tendulkar did change his style of batting after having been an ultra-attacking stroke player for close to 12 years and the change was brought about by a back injury that threatened to end his career, back in 1999.

Tendulkar used to bat with a very heavy bat but he was asked to bat with a lighter one by a specialist. He did so and what evolved was a player, who was probably not as much of a stroke maker but became a far more difficult batsman to dislodge and perhaps, this also helped in injecting a new lease of life to his career.

The wherewithal to take expert views into consideration and changing ones approach to certain things is a quality that everyone should possess.