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Larry David's enthusiasm for a Moe-ism gets my vote as the best golf swing video of 2024
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Sigh. The Leafs' demons and dragons are swooping around once again
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I got mad, it felt bad, I was sad, but now I'm ... well, less of a danger with anger
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If you can't always get what you want, you might just find you're getting what you believe
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It's hard to change where you're going when you don't know what's driving you there
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You can't improve what you're unaware of
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Sunday Morning Musings
Burns get burned, golf quitters, more on process, and bye Sly and Brian
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A lesson in grit: A bad start didn't finish J.J. Spaun
If you live in the Guelph area and western edge of the Greater Toronto Area, please consider attending my Getting Unstuck Workshop this Tuesday, June…
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Mystery solved: why you're better out of the trees than from the fairway
Our Swing Thoughts podcast explores how the shot creates the swing
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Discovering unexpected models for living in a nursing home
You may wonder how a post about caring for the elderly could help your golf. You'd be surprised.
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Feeling stuck? Listen to the stories you tell yourself about yourself
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Wanna keep going toward your goal? Have a mission
Without a higher purpose, its easy to get thrown off course
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Ain't that a shame that there ain't no magic in a formula
There are options to continually seeking the secrets to success
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Up & Down
Up & Down
Up & Down is collection of essays that explore our relationships with golf, our own minds, music, and each other by Tim O'Connor, writer, coach and podcaster.
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