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How to check-in and increase your awareness
In the aftermath of a horrible golf shot, I’ve watched golfers stand there in a daze, as if in a state of shock, wondering, ‘What the hell just happened?’
It’s like you blacked out for a moment. You were hitting a golf shot, minding your own business, when all of a sudden—wham!—you are trying to understand how you blew your drive into a pond or left your putt nine feet short.
It’s not much different than when your partner innocently looks at the frying pan you’re supposed to be tending, and inquires, “Do you think these are done?”
“NO! Of course, not,” you bellow.
At times like these, I’ll argue that we were unconscious before said incident. Not asleep. But not aware what we’re thinking about or feeling. If we did, it’s highly unlikely we would have so under-performed. In this article, I will introduce you to an easy awareness practice.
Most of the times we screw-up are not because we’re bad golfers or bad people—we’re just not aware of our state. We don’t know that we’re mad, sad, or scared, or lost in thought like a runaway raft in white water.
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