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Mental Toughness is the ability to maintain a steady state.

For the ultimate 'mental toughness' you need to have a mental conditioning coach develop a drill that works for you specifically to condition you for your state management on the golf course. The ideal session necessary to develop results conditioning is 90 minutes. Mental conditioning, mental toughness, peak performance, physical performance, resilience to negative effects on the golf course is a life time investment in yourself as a person and as a golfer.  read more »

What changes are you planning for 2010?

What do you want more of, less of – and perhaps none of, going into the New Year?

A New Year, a New Decade – and New Opportunities that are on the horizon for all of us.  read more »

Who you are at your core personality never changes. You can add to it – you can delete from it, but you cannot change your essence.

Why do people look for reason to blame others to justify their thoughts and behaviors? Because countless factors impact who we are and how we behave and it is our personality that is at the core of our behavior. Your core is the driving force of your innate behavior, skills and talents.

Our conscience is our voice of reason, our checks and balances for right and wrong.  read more »

Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan - have thick "MYELIN" for their skill.

A Master Coach, plus DEEP Practice = Talent. The Book, by Daniel Coyle - Talent Code, explains this well. You can also visit their web site is www.thetalentcode.com

Some how innately I got a gift to value deliberate practice from an early age.

And because I have been where you might be right now as an individual or with a team, students, clients, or employees, STUCK - I found value in deliberately knowing more. I did not know until recently what I was really doing until I read Talent Code.  read more »

Tiger Woods dominates golf by a direct result of how he uses his mind. If you are a “pro", an “expert” at anything, you know it’s because of how you use your mind and manage your state.

They all say it, “Tiger’s mind separates him from the field.” People unanimously talk about the mental toughness of Tiger, his focus and his resolve. He is committed to execute every shot – every time.  read more »

How do I Get Back in the Present?

How do I get back in “state, the zone – the
NOW? ...I would love to know what you do, be or create. What do you say to yourself?

As for I, I do it in a heartbeat. I do it at a blink of an eye with a new thought! "I am worthy, I am more then this!" Up time, real time - in the now, this is how I win".  read more »

Want to take your game into a surprising new direction? Sure you do.

How exactly do you do that?

By understanding what concentration, composure, confidence and commitment– along with consistency, THE 5 C's, have to do with it, and what they have in common.

When asked what about how the game of golf challenges NBA star Michel Jordan, Jordan replied, "Consistency" - He went on to say that on certain days “I think I have it, and other days, "I just totally loose it”.  read more »

What could Golfers and Four Kinds of Horses Have In Common?

In the book, Golf Three Noble Truths, the author, James Ragonnet speaks to a famous Eastern parable.

The parable describes four different kinds of horses: excellent, good, poor, and bad. The excellent horse responds as soon as it sees the moving shadow of the driver’s whip. The good horse responds when it senses the first touch of the whip. The poor horse responds when it feels the sting of the whip. And the bad horse responds only when it feels the lash of the whip deep in the marrow of its bones.  read more »

There’s a peace and honor that comes with doing your personal best in any given situation. “Personal Best”, this means you know that in any given moment, you were at your best.

Understanding how to beat your personal best is a thought process. It is a mental attitude that supports your focus so you can identify the boundaries that you need to expand. What is, – what ought to be, what can be, your new personal best.  read more »

The future we want doesn't drop into our laps. In today's chaotic swirl, to get the future you want you must be clear before talking action. YOU can't make it happen. Today dating and relationships, even friendship and marriages can be confusing enough with out trying so hard or wasting energy to "make" something happen or come together.

We need to understand that everyone brings "stuff” to the relationship. Someone can or you should enter into dating and friendships by being responsible.  read more »