Tiger Woods’ dirty little secret (aka why is discipline a dirty word in business aka it takes 20 years to become an overnight success story)
Posted on October 29th, 2008You don’t need to be a golfer to know about Tiger Woods. Three year old swinging a golf club, a guy everyone describes as a raw talent, a young phenom… as a “natural”.
He broke on the pro scene - I can’t believe it’s been this long -12 years ago. He was 21. He had been stalking the majors for several years with outstanding performance in the NCAA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Woods#1996.E2.80.9398:_Early_years_and_first_major_win.
What is the secret? And there is one…
He is no raw talent. He works harder and differently than anyone else.
Like… Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Lance Armstrong… how many sports, movie and music heroes do we have that we look at it in awe and then if we dig down, the real secret is that they practice more… and differently.
Why am I writing about this now? I get so confused that business leaders and professionals armchair quarterback, attend great concerts, spend a lot of money and time getting better on the ski hill, the golf course… AND THEY DON’T PRACTICE TO GET BETTER AT THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE!!!!
Someone finally wrote about it in a major business magazine… FORTUNE magazine October 27, 2008 “Why Talent Is Over-Rated” http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/21/magazines/fortune/talent_colvin.fortune/index.htm.
November 25th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Our studies have shown that people actively seeking abundance share seven common thought processes. Two of these thought processes having to do with vivid visualization are used constructively by only 2% of this population who just naturally are able to go into the dream for inspiration and for instruction and then come back to the now and get to work.
The remaining 98% use their skills at vivid visualization to escape into the dream to avoid the effort necessary in the now to really accomplish their dreams. Articles like this one are awesome and are so helpful in letting people know that they can change their sabotaging thought processes if they will make the necessary effort. Loved it! I have already quoted from it in articles I have written at http://www.ogmandino.com.