3 Takeaways from South African Champ on Golf, Business and Life

I golfed in High School, and loved it.  Golf takes talent, desire, and a dedication to develop your craft.  Form time to time I watch Golf on TV, and am familiar with quite a few of the pros names.  So who is Louis Oosthuizen?  If you never heard of him before, you aren’t alone.  He’s a 27 year old golfer who was unknown before this weekend when he won the British Open Golf tournament.  He drove the ball well, sank a few amazing putts, and was very well composed in the midst of the pressure.  I didn’t watch the whole tournament, but watched enough to get a good feel for his skills, and learn that his nickname is Shrek.  One thing that stood out was the red dot on his golf glove.

3 Takeaways from South African Champ on Golf, Business and Life

If you have a moment watch the champions interview below. Or see it here.

The red dot on his glove got me thinking.  Did you catch what he said there? He has a tendency to, “get carried away by thinking about a lot of things.”

He said he needed, “a trigger to get back in the moment, compose…focus on the shot and forget about everything around…”

When asked about telling sharing this day with his 6 month old daughter one day, he glowingly replied, “I’ll probably try and ge…a DVD…and show her the whole thing.”

Essentially he’s:

• Aware of the potential of distractions that exist and can keep him from his goal
• Has a built in “trigger” to help him focus and play within himself
• Playing for something more than himself.

Wow, applying that to growing my online business and having balance in life, here are a few takeaways I’m considering:

• The importance of having focus in business and marketing activities.
• The awareness that distractions are everywhere, it is critical to build in (and reinforce) “triggers” to remain focused
• Playing for something bigger than myself.

What takeaways did you come away with? Chime in below.