Golf is not a game of perfect
Bob Rotella
Summary
A great sports psychology book on how to trust your mind and be a better athlete
Rating: 4/5
Notes
A person with great dreams can achieve great things
Golfing potential depends on a player’s attitude and how he thinks
The world is full of people happy to tell you your dreams are unrealistic and you’ll never achieve them
Self perception and motivation heavily influences success in life
People by and large become what they think about themselves
A golfer can and must decide how he will think
A golfer must train his swing then trust it
When great athletes stop trusting, they stop being great
Good athletes create their own realities
Before taking any possible shot, a golfer must pick the smallest possible target - the smaller the target, the better the focus
The foundation of consistency is a sound pre-shot routine
You need to dispel any doubt in your mind during your pre shot routine
Look at the target, look at the ball and swing
Short game is most important to scoring well in golf
When around the green, think about holing the shot
Putting is about confidence and attitude
You need to be decide about a read
No matter what happens w/ any shot you hit, accept it. Acceptance is the last step in a sound routine
Golf is not a game of perfect, it’s a game of mistakes
Confidence is what you think of yourself and your game
Courage is fear turned inside out. It is impossible to be courageous if at first you weren’t afraid
Hit the shot you know you can hit, now the one you want to hit
You must play every significant round w/ a game plan
Stay in the present and focus on the shot immediately in front of you
The first opponent is the game itself and the second is the individual
Cherish your competitors, it makes it more fun
Quality of practice is more important than quantity
Spend 60% of practice time imaging what it’s like on the course
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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