Set the Bar

This summer has been extremely busy but I have been able to continue to play my favorite sport, golf. When I think about the game of golf I think about how it resembles life events not really knowing what the next 18 holes can bring. If you are scratch golfer (0 handicap) this post might not be for you but for everyone else you will understand what I mean.

My wife recently picked up the sport of golf and we have been playing regularly for about the past 3 weeks. As you can imagine golf like life can be very frustrating when you do not know what to expect. As I watch my wife improve each week it is apparent to me she continue to set the bar higher a higher the next round. I view this as a very positive event because she is not settling for where she is today knowing tomorrow can be even better. I think as life goes on you will eventually settle and not set the bar but for each person this time is different. I know friends of mine who clearly stopped raising the bar after then finished college, some near retirement still have not stopped raising the bar. Where is your bar?

Golf might be one of the most humbling games on earth from hole to hole you can go through the full range of emotions, confident, angry, happy, stressed, and hopeful. With each hole brings new hope, new challenges, and new opportunities to be great. The same goes with life each day you wake up brings you the same emotions and it is the decisions you make during that day that will results in the accomplishments for the day. As Phil Mickelson would say I know the safe approach is to hit an iron but I am going to hit the driver. Go for it!