SELF-CONFIDENCE*
The official summer golf season is winding down and most club champions have been crowned.
How did you do? Did you play your best? Or did you lose your final match after you were several holes ahead on the back nine?
Self-confidence is a product of the way you view yourself. Discover the power of trusting yourself. Connect with your inner guidance that knows the way. Life can be easier and more fulfilling when you are confident. It is the feeling that you are worthwhile and valuable. Enhance and explore your intuition. Confidence means “with faith.” Con means “with” and “fidence” means ”faith.” Confidence is having faith in yourself and your abilities.
How can you trust if you keep reinforcing the worst? If you are playing well, it is easy to feel confident. However, on-going confidence comes from within. It is a product of believing in yourself and believing that you can improve. With constant reinforcement of this belief in yourself and your abilities, you will develop a state of confidence. If you constantly look at what went wrong, or didn’t happen, or could have happened, there will be no confidence. It is important to always look at what you did well, and the accomplishments you did make.
“Confidence has to be the golfer’s greatest single weapon… if he believes he can get the ball into the hole, a lot of the time he will, even if his technique appears to be unorthodox or even downright faulty.” ~ Jack Nicklaus
Developing self-confidence begins off the golf course. You must believe before you can achieve. As your confidence builds, you move from “I’ll try it” to “I think I can do this” to “I know I can” hit the shot, or break or 90, or whatever you desire. As you focus your attention on believing in your ability, you move forward toward your goal and become more confident as your skills improve.
A good role model would be Patrick Reed, the sparkplug who led the 2016 US Ryder Team to victory. Before he had even played in a major championship, Patrick said he regarded himself as a top-five player in the world and can’t be beaten when he is playing his best. He proved his confidence in himself by beating 5th ranked Henrik Stenson,1-up in the Sunday singles match.
*Excerpts are from Chapter 16, Confidence; “The Heart of Golf, Access Your Supreme Intelligence for Peak Performances.”
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