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Stephen (Steve) H. Southern
Perform(in)ce and Achievem(in)t Coaching
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Would You Like to Play Unlimited Golf?
I've been asked to write a series of articles for Want Better Golf. It's a great blog that all golfers should consider following. The article below is the second for Want Better Golf.
Would You Like to Play Unlimited Golf?
Sir Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4 minute mile on 6 May 1954, completing the full length in 3:59.4! What an incredible feat. In all the recorded history of human life and specifically track and field competition, never before had a single human being EVER ran a sub-4 minute mile. This was a truly “inspiring” – that’s in interesting word – accomplishment!
His record, one would think, must have survived for many, many years. It would be easy to think that perhaps he is still the only person to run a sub-4 minute mile. It is not so.
On 21 June 1954 Bannister’s arch rival, John Landy, ran the mile in 3:58.0. The feat was next accomplished in 1957, and again in 1958 and 1962. In fact, a simple search of the Internet has revealed at least 17 new world records since Bannister’s mark, accomplished by some 12 or so runners.
But how can this be? If the sub-4 minute mile was so incredibly difficult, if no one had accomplished the feat for the entire history of humankind, right up until 6 May 1954, how can it be that more than a dozen athletes have since met the challenge?
The answer, once again, in some ways, is found in the mind.
We’ve previously highlighted the power of the mind in your golf game, how you shape your shots and outcomes with your mind and your thoughts. Well, you also limit your golf accomplishments with your mind!
Golfers love to label themselves. More often than not we do so on or before the first tee! “I’m a fourteen.” “I usually finish up around bogey golf or so.” “My handicap is 27.” The list goes on and on, and we all do it, over and over again.
Even if we don’t announce our label to our playing partners, we still label ourselves in our thoughts. That label, that number, our handicap, sits in our thoughts constantly.
Here’s the thing. Why did it take so long to run the first sub-4 minute mile? Because no one believed it was possible. Bannister smashed that belief in 1954 and all of a sudden runners around the globe realized that their belief was incorrect, that the sub-4 minute mile was in fact possible. Wow! And then look what happened. The flood gates opened!
Do you believe you’re a 14, or 12, or 35, or 50? That number, whatever it is, is limiting your golf game! If you believe it’s (relatively) impossible for you to shoot below a certain number, then the chances of you doing so are close to zero. Your belief is like a wall that you simply cannot scale.
Stop limiting your golf game. Believe that anything is possible. Or, at the very least, deduct five or ten strokes from your label. If you think of yourself as a 25, start thinking and talking about yourself as a 20, or a 15 handicap. You’ll be amazed at the results!
And as you do so, make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Would You Like to Play Unlimited Golf?
Sir Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4 minute mile on 6 May 1954, completing the full length in 3:59.4! What an incredible feat. In all the recorded history of human life and specifically track and field competition, never before had a single human being EVER ran a sub-4 minute mile. This was a truly “inspiring” – that’s in interesting word – accomplishment!
His record, one would think, must have survived for many, many years. It would be easy to think that perhaps he is still the only person to run a sub-4 minute mile. It is not so.
On 21 June 1954 Bannister’s arch rival, John Landy, ran the mile in 3:58.0. The feat was next accomplished in 1957, and again in 1958 and 1962. In fact, a simple search of the Internet has revealed at least 17 new world records since Bannister’s mark, accomplished by some 12 or so runners.
But how can this be? If the sub-4 minute mile was so incredibly difficult, if no one had accomplished the feat for the entire history of humankind, right up until 6 May 1954, how can it be that more than a dozen athletes have since met the challenge?
The answer, once again, in some ways, is found in the mind.
We’ve previously highlighted the power of the mind in your golf game, how you shape your shots and outcomes with your mind and your thoughts. Well, you also limit your golf accomplishments with your mind!
Golfers love to label themselves. More often than not we do so on or before the first tee! “I’m a fourteen.” “I usually finish up around bogey golf or so.” “My handicap is 27.” The list goes on and on, and we all do it, over and over again.
Even if we don’t announce our label to our playing partners, we still label ourselves in our thoughts. That label, that number, our handicap, sits in our thoughts constantly.
Here’s the thing. Why did it take so long to run the first sub-4 minute mile? Because no one believed it was possible. Bannister smashed that belief in 1954 and all of a sudden runners around the globe realized that their belief was incorrect, that the sub-4 minute mile was in fact possible. Wow! And then look what happened. The flood gates opened!
Do you believe you’re a 14, or 12, or 35, or 50? That number, whatever it is, is limiting your golf game! If you believe it’s (relatively) impossible for you to shoot below a certain number, then the chances of you doing so are close to zero. Your belief is like a wall that you simply cannot scale.
Stop limiting your golf game. Believe that anything is possible. Or, at the very least, deduct five or ten strokes from your label. If you think of yourself as a 25, start thinking and talking about yourself as a 20, or a 15 handicap. You’ll be amazed at the results!
And as you do so, make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Monday, January 03, 2011
Your Thoughts as You Drive to the Course
I've been asked to write a series of articles for Want Better Golf. It's a great blog that all golfers should consider following. The article below is the second for Want Better Golf.
Your Thoughts as You Drive to the Course
There’s a great moment in the movie The Replacements during which we find the replacement quarterback, Shane Falco, portrayed by Keanu Reeves, standing alone one evening on the football field in an empty stadium. (The professional players are on strike, and Falco and others have crossed the line to take their places.) The replacement coach steps into frame and asks Falco what he’s doing.
Falco shrugs, clearly he’s been lost in thought, and replies “Just watching the game.”
What do you think about as you drive to the course for a round of golf? Have you ever thought about what you think about? Maybe you should, think about it, that is.
We’ve explored in previous posts on this blog how our thoughts affect our shots and our game. This begins long before we pull out the big dog (aka driver) on the first tee!
Falco was visioning the game that he was to play the next day. He was watching the game in his mind, in his thoughts. He’s already spent countless hours preparing his body, working out. And he knows all the plays and has practised them all many times. Of equal importance, he’s now preparing his mind, his thoughts.
As you drive to the course for a round of golf, if you’re like most golfers, you’re likely thinking about just about anything EXCEPT your round of golf. Maybe you’re making some phone calls; hopefully doing so hands free! Maybe you’re thinking about other things you have to do, or humming along to a great tune. Or worrying about your finances, your children, your significant other, your pet, or hoping you have enough gas or time to get to the course!
Are any of these thoughts helping your game? Are you willing to invest a little time, the time it takes you to drive to the course, in a better round of golf?
Why not vision, or envision, the round of golf that you desire? Why not play each shot, exactly as you want it to occur, in your mind? Why not take this time, while also focusing upon your driving, of course, to focus some of your thoughts upon the targets you’ll pick as you play your round?
Your thoughts affect your shots and your game. It’s never too early to start focusing your thoughts on what you want in your next round of golf.
So if you’re driving to the course with a friend, and he/she asks you why you seem to be lost in thought, what you’re doing, you can reply, “Just watching the game.”
In the meantime, before you start making your next round of golf great, make today a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Your Thoughts as You Drive to the Course
There’s a great moment in the movie The Replacements during which we find the replacement quarterback, Shane Falco, portrayed by Keanu Reeves, standing alone one evening on the football field in an empty stadium. (The professional players are on strike, and Falco and others have crossed the line to take their places.) The replacement coach steps into frame and asks Falco what he’s doing.
Falco shrugs, clearly he’s been lost in thought, and replies “Just watching the game.”
What do you think about as you drive to the course for a round of golf? Have you ever thought about what you think about? Maybe you should, think about it, that is.
We’ve explored in previous posts on this blog how our thoughts affect our shots and our game. This begins long before we pull out the big dog (aka driver) on the first tee!
Falco was visioning the game that he was to play the next day. He was watching the game in his mind, in his thoughts. He’s already spent countless hours preparing his body, working out. And he knows all the plays and has practised them all many times. Of equal importance, he’s now preparing his mind, his thoughts.
As you drive to the course for a round of golf, if you’re like most golfers, you’re likely thinking about just about anything EXCEPT your round of golf. Maybe you’re making some phone calls; hopefully doing so hands free! Maybe you’re thinking about other things you have to do, or humming along to a great tune. Or worrying about your finances, your children, your significant other, your pet, or hoping you have enough gas or time to get to the course!
Are any of these thoughts helping your game? Are you willing to invest a little time, the time it takes you to drive to the course, in a better round of golf?
Why not vision, or envision, the round of golf that you desire? Why not play each shot, exactly as you want it to occur, in your mind? Why not take this time, while also focusing upon your driving, of course, to focus some of your thoughts upon the targets you’ll pick as you play your round?
Your thoughts affect your shots and your game. It’s never too early to start focusing your thoughts on what you want in your next round of golf.
So if you’re driving to the course with a friend, and he/she asks you why you seem to be lost in thought, what you’re doing, you can reply, “Just watching the game.”
In the meantime, before you start making your next round of golf great, make today a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Five Great Exercises to Focus Your Thoughts on Your Target
I've been asked to write a series of articles for Want Better Golf. It's a great blog that all golfers should consider following. The article below is the second for Want Better Golf.
Five Great Exercises to Focus Your Thoughts on Your Target
Have you ever driven home on autopilot? We’ve all done so. After a long day on the job, we put the car in drive and our mind wanders. We’re paying very little conscious attention to the task of driving! And by some miracle, we arrive home, with very little memory of the drive we’ve just completed.
(This is a very dangerous habit by the way, and not recommended!)
We play golf the same way! (This is not nearly as dangerous, but also not as much fun as it could be.) We wander through most rounds on autopilot, exerting very little control over the direction of our thoughts. And by some miracle, we eventually hole the ball 18 times and then wonder what went wrong.
We established in previous posts that the ball will usually follow the direction of our thoughts. We shape our shots, bend the ball, with our thoughts. Even though we may focus our eyes on a very specific target in the fairway, if we’re thinking about the out of bounds along the left, our ball will likely head left.
To be more successful, we must focus both our eyes AND our thoughts on our intended target!
This is easier said than done, so here are a few exercises, off course and/or off season, to help hone these skills. These are progressively more difficult.
SIMPLY FOCUS YOUR EYES AND THOUGHTS ON AN OBJECT
Simply sit alone in a quiet room and focus both your eyes and your thoughts on any particular object. This sound simple doesn’t it. It’s not! Set an alarm for one minute, just 60 seconds, and try to focus your thoughts. You’ll find lots of other thoughts – what’s for supper, when do I have to pick up the children, did I leave that report on my boss’s desk, etc. – will drift into your mind. Each time this happens, just let those other thoughts go, and then bring your mind back to focusing, your thoughts, on just that one object. Keep trying.
ADD YOUR GOLF STANCE
Repeat the above exercise, but this time do so holding a golf club, in your stance, as if you’re about to hit a shot. Repeat this as often as you like.
PRACTICE THINKING AND PUTTING
In this exercise, you’re actually going to hit some putts. Set up your target and then get into your stance. Take one last look at your target. While doing so, focus your mind as well; focus your thoughts, on the intended target. Then bring your eyes back to the ball, while holding the thought of the target in your mind. And putt. Repeat this as often as you like.
FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS IN A BUSY ROOM/AREA
It’s one thing to focus your thoughts when you’re all alone. It’s quite another to do so with some distractions. On a golf course, our partners generally respect the fact that we’re taking a shot by standing still, quietly. But they’re still there. They’re still watching. We’ve all experienced those first-tee jitters. And sometimes they’re not so quiet, or so still. Sometimes a group in another fairway causes a distraction.
In this exercise, repeat the first exercise, focusing your eyes and your thoughts on one particular object, but do so in a busy, noisy, distracting environment. Repeat as often as you like.
FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN UNDER STRESS
Lastly, let’s introduce some stress. Most of us face times, often daily or weekly, when the stress of our job or other aspects of life are simply getting to us. This is a great opportunity to again repeat the first exercise. Just as in life, on the golf course there are times when we feel stress. The ability to focus both your eyes and your mind/thoughts on one particular object, even when under a great deal of stress, will definitely improve your golf game.
We’ll continue to explore the mind in future posts. For now, make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Five Great Exercises to Focus Your Thoughts on Your Target
Have you ever driven home on autopilot? We’ve all done so. After a long day on the job, we put the car in drive and our mind wanders. We’re paying very little conscious attention to the task of driving! And by some miracle, we arrive home, with very little memory of the drive we’ve just completed.
(This is a very dangerous habit by the way, and not recommended!)
We play golf the same way! (This is not nearly as dangerous, but also not as much fun as it could be.) We wander through most rounds on autopilot, exerting very little control over the direction of our thoughts. And by some miracle, we eventually hole the ball 18 times and then wonder what went wrong.
We established in previous posts that the ball will usually follow the direction of our thoughts. We shape our shots, bend the ball, with our thoughts. Even though we may focus our eyes on a very specific target in the fairway, if we’re thinking about the out of bounds along the left, our ball will likely head left.
To be more successful, we must focus both our eyes AND our thoughts on our intended target!
This is easier said than done, so here are a few exercises, off course and/or off season, to help hone these skills. These are progressively more difficult.
SIMPLY FOCUS YOUR EYES AND THOUGHTS ON AN OBJECT
Simply sit alone in a quiet room and focus both your eyes and your thoughts on any particular object. This sound simple doesn’t it. It’s not! Set an alarm for one minute, just 60 seconds, and try to focus your thoughts. You’ll find lots of other thoughts – what’s for supper, when do I have to pick up the children, did I leave that report on my boss’s desk, etc. – will drift into your mind. Each time this happens, just let those other thoughts go, and then bring your mind back to focusing, your thoughts, on just that one object. Keep trying.
ADD YOUR GOLF STANCE
Repeat the above exercise, but this time do so holding a golf club, in your stance, as if you’re about to hit a shot. Repeat this as often as you like.
PRACTICE THINKING AND PUTTING
In this exercise, you’re actually going to hit some putts. Set up your target and then get into your stance. Take one last look at your target. While doing so, focus your mind as well; focus your thoughts, on the intended target. Then bring your eyes back to the ball, while holding the thought of the target in your mind. And putt. Repeat this as often as you like.
FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS IN A BUSY ROOM/AREA
It’s one thing to focus your thoughts when you’re all alone. It’s quite another to do so with some distractions. On a golf course, our partners generally respect the fact that we’re taking a shot by standing still, quietly. But they’re still there. They’re still watching. We’ve all experienced those first-tee jitters. And sometimes they’re not so quiet, or so still. Sometimes a group in another fairway causes a distraction.
In this exercise, repeat the first exercise, focusing your eyes and your thoughts on one particular object, but do so in a busy, noisy, distracting environment. Repeat as often as you like.
FOCUS YOUR THOUGHTS WHEN UNDER STRESS
Lastly, let’s introduce some stress. Most of us face times, often daily or weekly, when the stress of our job or other aspects of life are simply getting to us. This is a great opportunity to again repeat the first exercise. Just as in life, on the golf course there are times when we feel stress. The ability to focus both your eyes and your mind/thoughts on one particular object, even when under a great deal of stress, will definitely improve your golf game.
We’ll continue to explore the mind in future posts. For now, make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Focus Your Thoughts, Not Simply Your Eyes
I've been asked to write a series of articles for Want Better Golf. It's a great blog that all golfers should consider following. The article below is the second for Want Better Golf.
Focus Your Thoughts, Not Simply Your Eyes
We’ve all heard for years, ‘focus on a very specific target’ for each golf shot. The middle of the fairway isn’t good enough. Teaching professionals tell us to select a particular blade of grass, or a target line delineated by a specific tree trunk in the distance, or some other extremely narrow landmark!
Time and time again, we focus our eyes on some bizarrely narrow target and swing away. And time and time again, our ball slices right – for all you right-handed players – into the woods, or hooks left, into the rough. What’s gone wrong?
In an article last week we learned how our thoughts actually shape our golf shots. While the magician uses trickery to bend a spoon, every golfer uses his/her mind to shape each shot! This truly is magic!
The problem lies in communication, or, as is mentioned in the epic film Cool Hand Luke, ‘a failure to communicate!’
It’s not enough to focus our EYES on that very specific, very particular target. We must also focus our thoughts on that very same target! Teaching professionals say focus, and so we focus, with our eyes. That’s not enough. We must also focus our thoughts!
Let’s illustrate with another example. For me, this is a painful example, borrowed from many rounds of golf I’ve played on my home course. The front nine includes a fair share of challenges, but for the most part I generally find myself in good position off the tee and make my way around nicely (for me). I then move on to holes 10 and 11, and the fun begins.
Ten is a long, straight par 5 with OB left and a massive forest to the right. Try as I might, I’ve found it very difficult to focus my thoughts on this hole. I can focus my eyes very specifically on a target in the right-middle portion of the fairway. But my thoughts always seem to include ‘OB’. And often, my ball hooks dead left, out of bounds.
Eventually I limp on to the 11th. And yes, you guessed it, OB right and a world of hurt – trees skirted by sand bunkers and punishing rough – up the left on this mostly straight, long, uphill par 4. Once again I focus my eyes on my target, and try as I might, quite often, once again ‘OB’ creeps into my thoughts. I pull the trigger and watch helplessly as my ball slices into the great beyond, OB.
That’s back to back holes, with a hook left OB on 10 and a slice right OB on 11! Repeatedly! In the middle of an otherwise great round of golf!
It’s not mechanics. It’s my thought patterns. Once again, I’m bending the ball with my thoughts.
We’ll continue to explore this topic in future articles and we’ll suggest some off-course exercises to help. This stuff isn’t easy. Believe me, I know!
For now, just be honest with yourself, and evaluate how well you focus both your eyes and your thoughts on your intended target.
And of course, make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Focus Your Thoughts, Not Simply Your Eyes
We’ve all heard for years, ‘focus on a very specific target’ for each golf shot. The middle of the fairway isn’t good enough. Teaching professionals tell us to select a particular blade of grass, or a target line delineated by a specific tree trunk in the distance, or some other extremely narrow landmark!
Time and time again, we focus our eyes on some bizarrely narrow target and swing away. And time and time again, our ball slices right – for all you right-handed players – into the woods, or hooks left, into the rough. What’s gone wrong?
In an article last week we learned how our thoughts actually shape our golf shots. While the magician uses trickery to bend a spoon, every golfer uses his/her mind to shape each shot! This truly is magic!
The problem lies in communication, or, as is mentioned in the epic film Cool Hand Luke, ‘a failure to communicate!’
It’s not enough to focus our EYES on that very specific, very particular target. We must also focus our thoughts on that very same target! Teaching professionals say focus, and so we focus, with our eyes. That’s not enough. We must also focus our thoughts!
Let’s illustrate with another example. For me, this is a painful example, borrowed from many rounds of golf I’ve played on my home course. The front nine includes a fair share of challenges, but for the most part I generally find myself in good position off the tee and make my way around nicely (for me). I then move on to holes 10 and 11, and the fun begins.
Ten is a long, straight par 5 with OB left and a massive forest to the right. Try as I might, I’ve found it very difficult to focus my thoughts on this hole. I can focus my eyes very specifically on a target in the right-middle portion of the fairway. But my thoughts always seem to include ‘OB’. And often, my ball hooks dead left, out of bounds.
Eventually I limp on to the 11th. And yes, you guessed it, OB right and a world of hurt – trees skirted by sand bunkers and punishing rough – up the left on this mostly straight, long, uphill par 4. Once again I focus my eyes on my target, and try as I might, quite often, once again ‘OB’ creeps into my thoughts. I pull the trigger and watch helplessly as my ball slices into the great beyond, OB.
That’s back to back holes, with a hook left OB on 10 and a slice right OB on 11! Repeatedly! In the middle of an otherwise great round of golf!
It’s not mechanics. It’s my thought patterns. Once again, I’m bending the ball with my thoughts.
We’ll continue to explore this topic in future articles and we’ll suggest some off-course exercises to help. This stuff isn’t easy. Believe me, I know!
For now, just be honest with yourself, and evaluate how well you focus both your eyes and your thoughts on your intended target.
And of course, make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Monday, December 06, 2010
Bending Golf Balls with Your Mind
I've been asked to write a series of articles for Want Better Golf. It's a great blog that all golfers should consider following. The article below is the first for Want Better Golf.
Bending Golf Balls with Your Mind
Have you ever seen a magician bend a spoon with nothing more than the power of his mind? Incredible, wasn’t it?
Actually, no, it wasn’t incredible at all. It was likely just a trick, not magic. But do you know that you can and do accomplish the very same feat with your golf ball! You bend your shots left and right, simply with the power of your mind! And that’s far more magical than the spoon trick.
Yes, I’m treading into the great unknown. I’m exploring the power of the mind. Let me share just one study with you.
This study has been repeated hundreds of times, by many different researchers, using thousands of study volunteers, in many different countries, over many different decades. (And by the way, yes, this is just the tip of the iceberg in this field of research!) This will get technical for just a moment, but trust me; we’ll get back to golf soon!
So picture this. A volunteer is left alone in a small room. There’s a chair in which she’s seated, a small table in front of her, and a computer monitor on the table. The computer monitor is hooked up to a computer in another room. The computer is programmed with a random number generator. Every few seconds a “1” or a “0” will appear on the screen. By definition, because it’s a RANDOM number generator, there will be roughly an equal number of 1’s and 0’s.
The volunteer is then asked to pick a number, either 1 or 0, and to then focus her mind, her thoughts, on that number. Are you ready for the punch line?
If the volunteer focuses on 1, the RANDOM number generator generates more 1’s. If she focuses on 0’s, more 0’s appear. Over and over and over again, this same result appears.
The study volunteers affect the RANDOM number generator, with nothing more than their minds! Kind of makes you think – excuse the pun – doesn’t it. I wonder if my mind affects my golf shots in a similar way.
The answer, of course, is YES!
Have you ever stood on the tee and focused on the danger. You tee up your ball, take your stance, fully aligned right down the middle. Your physical body is set up perfectly. But then you steal a glance at the water along the right. Oh, and there’s all those deep sand bunkers down the left. You think, just for a split second, ‘well, sand is better than water!’ You continue the thought, ‘no water.’ And you swing....
And you watch helplessly as your ball slices or draws directly for the water.
We’ll continue on this subject in the near future. Watch for more posts!
For now though, whether you’re actively playing or in your offseason, maybe think about your thought patterns as you play a typical round. What do you think about? Be honest with yourself. You might be surprised.
Make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Bending Golf Balls with Your Mind
Have you ever seen a magician bend a spoon with nothing more than the power of his mind? Incredible, wasn’t it?
Actually, no, it wasn’t incredible at all. It was likely just a trick, not magic. But do you know that you can and do accomplish the very same feat with your golf ball! You bend your shots left and right, simply with the power of your mind! And that’s far more magical than the spoon trick.
Yes, I’m treading into the great unknown. I’m exploring the power of the mind. Let me share just one study with you.
This study has been repeated hundreds of times, by many different researchers, using thousands of study volunteers, in many different countries, over many different decades. (And by the way, yes, this is just the tip of the iceberg in this field of research!) This will get technical for just a moment, but trust me; we’ll get back to golf soon!
So picture this. A volunteer is left alone in a small room. There’s a chair in which she’s seated, a small table in front of her, and a computer monitor on the table. The computer monitor is hooked up to a computer in another room. The computer is programmed with a random number generator. Every few seconds a “1” or a “0” will appear on the screen. By definition, because it’s a RANDOM number generator, there will be roughly an equal number of 1’s and 0’s.
The volunteer is then asked to pick a number, either 1 or 0, and to then focus her mind, her thoughts, on that number. Are you ready for the punch line?
If the volunteer focuses on 1, the RANDOM number generator generates more 1’s. If she focuses on 0’s, more 0’s appear. Over and over and over again, this same result appears.
The study volunteers affect the RANDOM number generator, with nothing more than their minds! Kind of makes you think – excuse the pun – doesn’t it. I wonder if my mind affects my golf shots in a similar way.
The answer, of course, is YES!
Have you ever stood on the tee and focused on the danger. You tee up your ball, take your stance, fully aligned right down the middle. Your physical body is set up perfectly. But then you steal a glance at the water along the right. Oh, and there’s all those deep sand bunkers down the left. You think, just for a split second, ‘well, sand is better than water!’ You continue the thought, ‘no water.’ And you swing....
And you watch helplessly as your ball slices or draws directly for the water.
We’ll continue on this subject in the near future. Watch for more posts!
For now though, whether you’re actively playing or in your offseason, maybe think about your thought patterns as you play a typical round. What do you think about? Be honest with yourself. You might be surprised.
Make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
Monday, June 07, 2010
Great Wayne Dyer Quote
I came across a quote this morning that I simply had to share.
"As you think so shall you be! Since you cannot physically experience another person, you can only experience them in your mind. Conclusion: All of the other people in your life are simply thoughts in your mind. Not physical beings to you, but thoughts. Your relationships are all in how you think about the other people of your life. Your experience of all those people is only in your mind. Your feelings about your lovers come from your thoughts. For example, they may in fact behave in ways that you find offensive. However, your relationship to them when they behave offensively is not determined by their behavior, it is determined only by how you choose to relate to that behavior. Their actions are theirs, you cannot own them, you cannot be them, you can only process them in your mind." -Wayne Dyer
I hope you enjoyed this insight.
Make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
"As you think so shall you be! Since you cannot physically experience another person, you can only experience them in your mind. Conclusion: All of the other people in your life are simply thoughts in your mind. Not physical beings to you, but thoughts. Your relationships are all in how you think about the other people of your life. Your experience of all those people is only in your mind. Your feelings about your lovers come from your thoughts. For example, they may in fact behave in ways that you find offensive. However, your relationship to them when they behave offensively is not determined by their behavior, it is determined only by how you choose to relate to that behavior. Their actions are theirs, you cannot own them, you cannot be them, you can only process them in your mind." -Wayne Dyer
I hope you enjoyed this insight.
Make it a great day! For yes, you do have the power to do so!
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