Lanny Basham tells how a professional golfer won a million-dollar tournament by focusing only on the next shot, not the prize. He didn't even realize he'd made the winning putt until someone told him. Process over outcome.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Arete one degree another micro chapter from Arete. Activate your heroic potential 451 potentially life changing ideas organized around the seven objectives of our Heroic Basic Training in the app and our Heroic Coach program. Here's the plus one degree Did I Win? How to Sink a Million Dollar Pot Gold Medal Winning Mental Toughness Coach and author Lanny Basham is all about focusing on the process of goal achievement. He tells a great story about one of his clients who happened to be a professional golfer. Now, this golfer was struggling a bit. He was setting his goals for the year and Lanny told him not to think about winning tournaments, but to put all of his attention on mastering the process of playing well, identifying the key components of a successful shot, and then taking it literally one shot at a time. Now this golfer embraced the wisdom early in the season. He's out on the 18th green in the final round of a big tournament. He's lining up his putt, following the process he and Lanny establish, and he makes the putt. His playing partner shakes his hand and congratulates him. Then he realizes something must be up when his wife runs onto the green cheering, Did I win? He asks. Yeah, you just won the tournament and a million dollars hero. Imagine that. Imagine being so focused on executing the next baby step in your process that you don't even know you're sinking a million dollar potential. And guess what? You are, of course, much more likely to sink the putt when every ounce of your creative energy is focused on doing your best and not leaking out in concerns about doing well enough. Process versus Outcome. Where's your focus.
