"...So how did you get so great at golf?" - Ray's question
The other day I was having lunch with a bunch of co-workers and vendors. The subject of golf came up and one of the vendors asked that question of his employee.
The employee, Scott who is in low 70s golfer, without thinking about it said that he had a property with a lot of land behind it. Once he decided to learn how to play golf he started by picking out a club and every day for a year hitting 75 golf balls. This was before he ever played.
I have not been able to get this out of my mind. By picking a particular club he forced himself to "master" it without having to master all of the clubs. He followed up the advice by saying that once you master a single club then other clubs fall into place.
In other words, Scott had focused on the practice, the plateau, that eventually when he started playing golf on courses his learning curve was exponential.
Today's question is:
"Have you ever taken a part of your game and focus on it solely until you obtain mastery?"
The other day I was having lunch with a bunch of co-workers and vendors. The subject of golf came up and one of the vendors asked that question of his employee.
The employee, Scott who is in low 70s golfer, without thinking about it said that he had a property with a lot of land behind it. Once he decided to learn how to play golf he started by picking out a club and every day for a year hitting 75 golf balls. This was before he ever played.
I have not been able to get this out of my mind. By picking a particular club he forced himself to "master" it without having to master all of the clubs. He followed up the advice by saying that once you master a single club then other clubs fall into place.
In other words, Scott had focused on the practice, the plateau, that eventually when he started playing golf on courses his learning curve was exponential.
Today's question is:
"Have you ever taken a part of your game and focus on it solely until you obtain mastery?"
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