Speaker (Chris Wiser) recounts a humiliating, very poor golf round after moving to Hilton Head that prompted a decision to fully commit to weekly, in-depth lessons. The personal failure becomes the catalyst for focused coaching and serves as an analogy/advice for business owners: tie in with a coach, eliminate distractions, and be ruthlessly committed to improvement.
So I didn't grow up a golfer, but I moved to Hilton Head, South Carolina, so I'm golfing more. And I've always wanted to be a better golfer. And I took some lessons. I never committed to it. And I went out and played with a guy that was really our best golfer in our club. And I wanted so much to do well that I did the worst I've ever done ever. I'm talking about ever. I mean, I sit in drives that go 30 or 40 yards off the left, and I'm so embarrassed. That is what. Finally, you sit there and go, do I really want to get better? I'm just saying that to myself. And then I went and I really committed to in depth, weekly lessons about getting better. So this person, whoever it is, chances are they're trying a lot of stuff and they feel like they're trying just like I was trying at my golf. But I would say, now, go tie in with your coach, or go get a coach and really become just unscrupulous about what's going on, completely committed and getting rid of everything that's distracting you.