Extraordinary Results

Extraordinary results are achieved by focusing in golf.  It's really the practice not the play.

In marketing or in any business it's essentially lead generation.  Where will you be without clients?  It's the "One Thing" that is necessary each day.

In golf,

It's grinding away at every shot and focusing on the end result.

It's when you're ready to throw in the towel and then you perservere just one more time.

It's when your spirit says "no" but God says "yes you can" that differences are made and seen.

Today will be spent practicing for the break through that can only come when focus and practice come together.  It's what we're expecting to happen and by God's grace it will.

Getting Ready For Independence

As our forefathers acknowledged, we are a nation under God and created equal in every aspect of our lives.  While we are all equal we are not all gifted in the same pursuits.  As we near the next tournament, there is much cause for celebration because we are free to perform not only expressing our God given talents but displaying the evidence of lessons learned and practiced.

It is imcumbent on us all to realize that the freedom to pursue our dreams is directly related to costs other have paid for this freedom. We acknowledge those in our family who have served to keep our country free our grandfather, Horace Self who fought as a Marine in the South Pacific in WWII and his brothers Grady and Frank who served in the Marines and Airforce respectively during WWII, and Billy the youngest who served during the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missle crisis.  Grandfather Fritz Dillenberg who served during the Korean Conflict, our uncle who served in Viet Nam, my brother served in the Army (two tours in Iraq and one in Korea) and currently my brother-in-law Marshall Moore who is active duty in the Airforce.  It is to all of these that have served as well as millions of other Americans who have proudly put their lives on the line for our freedom that we owe our opportunities.  Without our freedom there would be no golf tournaments, public or private corporations or citizens who are free to pursue their dreams whatever they might be.

That is why our Founding Fathers acknowledged God as the source of our rights: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . . For the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred honor. That is why we are able to celebrate our Independance Today and are free to pursue our hopes and dreams.  Tomorrow we will chase our dreams with vengeance.

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Frustrating Start

Excitement in seeing old friends and the hope of a good first tournament plagued the focus of the weary traveler.  Months of daily pratice and hard work finishing up with these great students has taken it's toll.  One could observe that it has been a good year full of painful growth that culminated with a successful year of teaching.  From the beginning, it was known to all, that this wouldn't be a cake walk. In the end we are hopeful that the development of these young minds has been sparked with the fuel of enlightenment through the encouragement and caring devotion of their teacher resulting in a taste for achievement.

This summer brings the test of discipline, focus and determination.  To put all of this in perspective, golfers are basically like the CEO's of the top 200 corporations not only in the United States but in Europe, South Africa, Australia, Indonesia and many other countries.  A golfer must be at the top of his physical strength, emotional health and training to endure.  One must attribute the combination of these traits to God given abilities as well as a continual dependance upon the one who created the Universe and has the power to affect every result.  CEO's begin their preparation with prep schools, universities and graduate schools that produce the finest education and prepare their graduates for high achievement.

Love for the game of golf begins early, education and training lasts a lifetime, and achieving the goal of becoming a winner on the tour is a result of these combined efforts as well as divine intervention.  If you observe most of the stars on the tour, they are humbled when it all comes together for them and know that they haven't accomplished their goals on their own.  Thus it is in this game of life God elevates those who acknowledge His presence when He is ready to do so.  The Bible says "Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God and He will exalt You at the proper time."  We don't know what the future holds but we know who holds the future.

In preparing for the next tournament we're preparing with a new coach and new techniques and a lot of practice.  Not sure if this is right but it seems we were pointed in this direction.  This is no longer just for fun and socialization.  It's a life focus.  It's being the best by eliminating distractions, working hard, doing our best and leaving the results to our creator.

Thanks to you all for following our efforts.  It's a wonderful opportunity for growth and hopefully enlightenment!