There are many things that are common between the game of golf and running a business. Both need a strategy to achieve objectives. before you play a shot of golf, you visualize where the ball should land. It is the same in business before you begin a day or a month or a year, you visualize where you should be at the end of that period. To play a good game of golf, you need to take stock of the resources you have e.g. number of irons and woods in the bag, your accuracy and yardage with each iron / wood. The same way, you need to take stock of your resources while running a successful business e.g. HR, Funds availability, Products etc. It is said that golf is a thinking man's game and the same is true for business, you can't run it without being thoughtful to so many things.It is imperative for a good shot of golf to have relaxed muscles and yet mentally focused towards the objective and same is said about the business achievement, the organization, the system should be in place, there should not be frenzy or paralysis but a calm and quite control over its affairs and yet all the organization as a whole, the system as a whole should be focused on the achievement of its objectives. There is observation that successful businessmen are mostly golfers. The reason may be that they enjoy the intricacies of game of golf with as much ease as that of business. They are typically challengers, are not afraid of any bad shot, constantly thinking to achieve the objectives, are relaxed in tough situations and focused towards the goals.
The lesson learned from this comparison is play golf to become successful businessman or be a successful businessman to play good golf.
LOL! All this time I find golf to be a waste of time and money. Especially with all the land is being put into for making large golf courses and fields. Though it would be best if these golf courses could be reduced due to the growing lack of land needed to support the growing population.
ReplyDeleteBut as I read through this post, somehow I kind of agree with you that golfing is quite the same as running a business. However, in that logic, it may sound selfish just to improve yourself over several acres of land.
This is another perspective. One can view same thing with so many different lenses and each time feel a different experience. Here is a story how changing the perspective changes everything.
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