Story: Arnold Palmer And The Mistake He Never Made Twice
Carol Mann tells a story in The 19th Hole which was quoted in Reader’s Digest…
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The golf legend Arnold Palmer once recalled a lesson about overconfidence.
It happened on the final hole of the 1961 Masters tournament.
He had a one-stroke lead and had just hit a very satisfying tee shot.
He felt he was in pretty good shape – such good shape that his level of confidence caused him to a make a major mistake.
It was a mistake he never made again in the 30 years since.
What was the mistake?
As he approached my ball, he saw an old friend standing at the edge of the gallery.
The friend motioned Palmer over, stuck out his hand and said, “Congratulations.”
Palmer took his hand and shook it, but as soon as he did, he knew it had happened: he had lost my focus.
On his next two shots, he hit the ball into a sand trap, then put it over the edge of the green.
He missed a putt and ended up losing the Masters.
Arnold Palmer said this about that experience, “You don’t forget a mistake like that; you just learn from it and become determined that you will never do that again.”
Let me ask you two questions:
- What is robbing you of your focus in your business?
- Are you determined to never let it happen again?
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