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Susan Boyle and YOUR Golf!!!

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8. June 2009 member

Dr Karl Morris

Susan Boyle losing it and YOUR golf
What on earth has Susan Boyle got to do with YOU and your GOLF and what could be the possible connection?
Unless you have been on a week’s trip to the North Pole I am sure that you will have heard of the phenomenon called Susan Boyle.
The unlikely Scottish spinster who has been thrust to the forefront of world consciousness.
Over 60 MILLION hits on YouTube give testimony to this very modern day drama.
It could well be argued in light of what has happened that she shouldn’t have been allowed to compete in the final given the obvious fragility of her mental state.
We all should think about the possible consequences of this.
The link to your golf and your life?
Well if you have heard that after the shock second place finish on Britain’s Got Talent, Susan Boyle has suffered something of a breakdown and been admitted to The Priory. Apart from the obvious fact that the sudden transformation to global star can’t have been anything like an easy adjustment, she made what is a cardinal MENTAL ERROR that you will probably have allowed yourself to fall prey to with your own game and possibly life in general.
The mental hazard of EXPECTATION
She expected to win, she assumed that she was going to win and with the weight of those expectations came a devastating crash when the win DIDN’T come.
Be very careful with you golf that you don’t ever go into a tournament EXPECTING something to happen. Have a powerful INTENTION of what you are going to do but never expect anything. A very wise man once said that ‘he without expectation will NEVER be disappointed’ and so it is true.
Be aware always that the ONLY thing that you can really predict with golf is that it is UNPREDICTABLE.
The irony is that when we truly embrace its unpredictability we are set free to do the best that we possibly can.
Be very aware in your thinking, in your language and with what you focus on that you don’t play the expectation game.
Don’t EXPECT good weather, don’t EXPECT to birdie a certain hole, don’t expect……you get the picture.
Have INTENTION which is a powerful mental state but avoid EXPECTATION otherwise you may not suffer a ‘Susan Boyle’ but you will I promise you spend a lot of time in a disappointed state.