Insights by the C’s - Want to take your game into a surprising new direction?

Posted October 8th, 2009 by Ida Centoni

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”.

The importance here is to understand what champions know, how they understand the value of bringing the other four C’s to the game. Concentration, composure, confidence & commitment first, is a must in order to having the expectation of consistency.

Yes, concentration, composure, confidence and commitment, in golf or in the game of basketball, and perhaps life, must prevail first in order to get consistent with your game.

What Jordan and all elite champions know is a mindset. A mindset of the beliefs, the focus and the thought process that gets the results they want. They trust the process and from that trust, they get the ability to create wins time and time again. This mindset comes from also understanding the power of concentration, playing in the zone and having the ability to manage their “state”.

Yes, state is composure, and along with confidence, it gives you the opportunity to prevail and stay on top of your game.

It also is about your beliefs on privileges. Privileges that will come to you because you stayed true to your commitments and you understood there are consequences if you don't.

Charles De Gaulle once said "The great leaders have always staged managed their effects."

Perhaps champions attempt peak performance like a leader attempts to lead. Quite simply, I think, knowing that concentration, composure, confidence and commitment– along with consistency, knowing The 5 C's - can set sail a wave of positive momentum in any game and take your performance to surprising new levels!