While interviewing the legendary Jack Nicklaus, a reporter once remarked, “Jack, you have had a spectacular career. Your name is synonymous with the game of golf. You really know your way around the course. What is your secret?” Nicklaus replied, “The holes are numbered!”
Wouldn’t that be nice if that were true in our lives, our business and our economy as well? Instead, we face each day not being able to see what is going to happen next. Everyday we tee up the ball but do not really know where it will land till after we swing the club. What is merely frustrating on the course can be devastating in real life.
Now there are times on the course when I stand over my ball and ask myself two questions. Should I try to hit the best shot of my life? Or do I just make sure that the worst possible option is eliminated? My golf game has improved when I follow the second question...but if that is all I do then the game becomes boring and I have nothing to tell others in the clubhouse.
There are times to “go for it!” When we make that incredible shot life becomes thrilling and we enjoy unusual success. Then there are times when simply eliminating the worst case scenario is the better choice.
The longer we play the game the greater wisdom we will have in knowing which way to play every next shot. If we take the time to carefully examine our own successes and our failures that wisdom will grow and so will our bottom line.
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