Consciousness and Golf
by John Ruh
Golf is an ideal environment to examine your self image in full operational mode. It is a slow game that gives you time between shots to hear the voices in your head. (Don’t worry, it happens to everyone.) It may tell you to use a 7 iron when the “book” play is to use a 5. Or it may say you should lay up short with a 3 wood rather than blasting your driver. This question is, is this inner dialogue supporting or sabotaging your next shot? To a great extent, being successful at golf, correlates to managing these thoughts and coaching yourself to success.
It is likely that at work, speed and urgency dominate the day and you don’t hear that inner dialogue. It’s still there, you’re just not conscious of it. But just as in golf, success as a leader/manager correlates to understanding and managing yourself (AND your inner dialogue). On the golf course, you have the time to manage yourself and gear your intellect to success. On the job, it is imperative you do the same and not let your subconscious sabotage the results you want. I call this Success-Sabotage.
Awareness is the essential factor I am advocating here. The golf course, work, life… what I am suggesting is that by gaining a stronger awareness of yourself, you will open possibilities that you could not see before.
How?
You do this by using a structured process that, over time, allows you to better understand yourself. Then you begin the process of self awareness and management – making sure your inner dialogue positively supports you. As you do this, life changes and your performance on the job can improve due to better awareness and self-management.
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P.S. When on the green, a foot from the pin, what club do you use? Obviously the putter is the right tool, the wise choice. When at work as a leader/manager you also need to choose wisely. Do you know how to do that?
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