first answer.

     My first answer is training. I came to this answer after six month of participating in a tough and rigorous Muay Thai class. There were many important reasons to join the class, some having higher priorities than others, depending how you see it. The first reason is after seeing Valerie kick her big tall brother and knock the air out of his lungs with a simple kick, I decided to never be humiliated like Valerie's brother. I had to  learn how to attack an opponent and defend myself from any possible injury an opponent may cause during an attack. The second reason is to work on my independent task and get the most out of it, like getting in shape, doing something I enjoy, gain muscle weight to look better, have better balance, making new friends, and way more. My final reason is to join a class that has a lot of physical activity to push my limits, meet other fighters who share the same passion that I do, and learn in a new kind of environment to challenge my abilities.
      The first few weeks of the Muay Thai classes were the most challenging, difficult, tough, and brutal because of the huge distances I had to run, all the exercises that were new to me which worked out muscles I did not even knew I had, and the 30minute sparring with other fighters. Sparring is the the one activity I remember the most due to the immense pain you feel after kicking each others shins bones. I was intimidated by the professional fighters. They were able to move and land hits with no problem. I wanted to reach a professional level but I could not  due to the clumsy body movements I use to do. But committed to improve my skills i decided to go to class as much as possible for the next two months. My instructor Rodrigo notice my improvements and told me to keep up the good work. Then third month, I learned to block  kicks, elbows, combos, and other more complex hits. Then, I asked Rodrigo if I was good enough to train with the experts and his answer was yes because of my discipline, endurance, skills, and performance in class.
     After joining the fighters' classes after my third month my training became longer and intense. There were no breaks during the three or fours hours of exercising, and afterwards, we fought each other with out equipments because we were consider professionals fighters. Also, we had to get used to the impact of a really strong hits. At the end of each class, no matter how long people had been practiced Muay Thai, everyone will be sweating. This is precisely how I came up with my first answer to my essential question. If you practice more than others of course you're skills will be greater but it also depends on the intensity of your train like doing in 100 push-up as a fighter than doing 30 push-up as a student. So my first answer is to practice as much as possible keeping in your body limits and your health because if you are not a healthy, responsible, and dedicated fighter then you are not even close to become the best fighter you can be.