Golf and the Art of Business
18 Lessons from the Golf Course to the Office:
1) If you don’t have time to play, you are too busy. Playing is your decision.
2) Carry a full set of clubs to the first tee, and be ready to use them all.
3) Carry an umbrella, ball retriever, first aid kit, rain jacket, and compass. You just never know.
4) Only you can hit the ball, nobody will hit it for you.
5) Head down, relax, and follow through. Breathe in and breathe out.
6) Swinging harder doesn’t make the ball go farther and straighter.
7) Point of impact is everything. Arnold Palmer and Lee Travino had weird swings.
8) Consistency is good. Change balls and clubs but keep the swing the same. If it works.
9) You learn a lot about a person when they hit a bad shot. Or a good shot.
10) No pros hit all the fairways. They just get creative when they are in the rough.
11) Getting into the rough is easier than getting out of it.
12) If you think you will put the ball in the water, you probably will. Count one penalty stroke.
13) The short game will kill you. But it sure feels good to use a driver.
14) The sand trap can be your friend. Sometimes we are coming in too fast.
15) The beer cart will not improve your game, regardless of what your buddies tell you.
16) It’s all in your head. And it shows.
17) The game isn’t over until you pick the ball out of the 18th hole and shake hands.
18) The people that played before you are waiting at the 19th hole to review your game.
Any others you can suggest?