Are you 'playing golf' at work? Richard Behrens, Golf Grand
Master, says, "Good golf is all in the mind....the golfer's own
lower mind, and how the person perceives the situations s/he
finds...on the course are the major reasons s/he suffers from
unsatisfactory play." It's all in the mental discipline of the
game. This mental aspect of 'the game' often eludes players. The
same principles that affect your golf shots apply to the
workplace. Have you ever talked yourself out of executing a
project that is well within your ability to make, or have
carried anger with you from another poor situation and had it
affect your entire day?
In any game played with others, there is a winner. Either an
individual or a team wins. Just about everyone who enters a
competition does so with the desire to win. This is healthy and
natural, however, if you have a 'need' to win, things change.
The need to win drives your mind into the future and away from
the matters at hand. This is a problem.
It is impossible to do something for pleasure and have a need
to win. That 'need' will eradicate the pleasure of simply doing
the activity. How is this applied in the workplace? Hopefully,
you enjoy your work.
