How You Used to Be
I teach a lot of golf. I’m currently in line to get my Class A PGA certification in March, this is in addition to starting a marketing company.
Sometimes, I have doubts about whether I will be able to accomplish everything I am striving to do in life. I remember never having self-doubts when I was a kid. So it confused me as to why I have doubts now. What changed? I was on top of the world growing up. Probably the happiest most energetic, perhaps too much, kid you would meet. I am by no means sad or depressed now, but why do I have doubts?
Start Observing
On Tuesday, I was teaching a junior clinic for The First Tee. I made it a point to observe each kid very carefully. I watched how they interacted with each other and by themselves. What were they thinking in certain situations? If they hit a bad shot, did they get down on themselves? Embarrased?
What I realized was that they just wanted to play. They just wanted to have fun. If they hit a bad shot, it was on to the next one. No other kids cared what the other was doing or how bad they were messing up.
Inside My Brain
I came to the conclusion that the reason why most people have self-doubts is because of outside perception. As a kid, nobody was saying you couldn’t do something. Nobody was questioning your ideas, your goals. I have my ideas and goals questioned all the time. Why should I let that effect me? I didn’t have self-doubts when I was younger, why should I now?
