A heron can stand still for minutes before it strikes. Patience is a kind of focus.

Standing still looks like doing nothing, which is why patience gets filed under weakness. The heron is not resting; it is holding its whole attention on one patch of water and spending energy to stay unhurried. Waiting well is a skill, and it sits closer to concentration than to calm.

Find one place this week where you usually rush and hold still instead. Stay with the hard problem for ten minutes before asking for the answer, or take the extra beat at the line before you shoot. Notice that the urge to move is not information about the right moment.