Is Golf A Mental Thing Or Are We Just Mental

[potters]

Your attitude determines your altitude – in business and in life. You can’t change someone else’s attitude for them. But this powerful adage is a great reminder that you can put in front of anyone who needs an attitude adjustment. I want to talk about a few of the many ways each of us can develop a winning attitude every day. It’s what leaders do.

Marcus Aurelius, the great philosopher who ruled the Roman Empire, said it simply: “Our life is what our thoughts make it”.

Dale Carnegie, speaking to that quote said: “Yes, if we think happy thoughts, we will be happy. If we think miserable thoughts, we will be miserable. If we think fear thoughts, we will be fearful. If we think sickly thoughts we probably will be ill. If we think failure, we will certainly fail. If we wallow in self-pity, everyone will want to shun us and avoid us”.

Am I advocating a Pollyanna attitude toward all our problems? No. Life isn’t that simple. But I am advocating – in the strongest terms – that we assume a positive attitude instead of a negative one.

Mental attitude - the power we hold in our heads. Reality can be changed dramatically by a single thougt.

So the question is?

Is Golf a Mental thing for most of us Yes or No..

In my case defiantely yes and i think we have all seen famous melt downs on the last day of Major tournaments.

Rory being the latest.

Someone who follows the Asian Tour Pros closely it really is a fine line when you see them

practice and then see them on the course.

The main divider is confidence and the ability to bounce back from bad shots.

For those who are playing at a level which is more for the day out and banter with your pals,then just do that enjoy the

day out and dont get too serious.

The same rule applies for those who are better players,enjoy the game unless you are striving to be a pro dont

go beating yourself up over bad shots and missed birdys .

Thats my soapbox rant this week.

Potters

[chuckd]

Golf is 90% mental, 10% physical.

J. Nicklaus