Negative thoughts come up from your unconscious mind where everything you have ever heard, seen, felt, tasted, or smelled is recorded.Your unconscious mind works like a computer. It records everything without judging or analyzing it. When you encounter a situation, your computer mind will bring up an experience from your memory bank that is the same or nearly the same. For instance, if you are facing a difficult shot, and your computer mind brings up a negative memory of a past shot that you missed on a similar looking hole, you will experience a negative thought.
If you emotionalize missed shots by getting angry, the program becomes stronger in your permanent memory bank and will surface time and time again, thus causing a series of missed shots. This is why it is so important to let go of the energy associated with missed shots. To stock your memory bank with good shot memories, reinforce and record them with a positive feeling of elation and success. Look at the powerful success energy that golfers record with a fist pump.
To release and replace a negative thought:
1. Acknowledge it as part of your past history.
2. Think again!
3. Choose to release the thought and image.
4. Step away from the ball.
5. Breathe deeply to release the thought and to relax your body.
6. Create a positive thought or mental picture of the shot you desire.
7. Play your golf game by choice, not by chance.
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