Many people start the New Year with goals or resolutions, only to fail within the first few weeks.  This failure is not from lack of effort or desire, but from the inability to dream and visualize themselves already having attained their goal.  Any goal must first start with a dream and then must be followed with the corresponding feelings that match that dream.

Maybe your goal is to play better golf in the New Year.  If so, dream of yourself playing better golf.  What does it feel like to you?  Does it excite you and make you happy?  Feel those feelings on a daily basis.  Dream of yourself playing better golf as if you you are already doing it.  If your goal is to shoot in the 70’s, dream of yourself making a putt on the last hole to shoot 79.  Feel the excitement!  Visualize the people around you who will witness your achievement.  Immerse yourself in those joyful feelings over and over again until they become a mental reality.

I know what many of you are probably thinking…”I’m not going to get any better just thinking about playing better golf.”  The truth is, whether you think you can or can’t get better, your right! 

If your dominant thoughts are getting better at golf and you hold those feelings close to you day in and day out, your body will move in the direction of those thoughts.  You will find yourself doing the things that make your dreams a reality.  You will practice more, you will read more, and you will talk to more people about your dreams of being the player you want to be.

Dreams and goals are not attained overnight.  They happen over time with relentless persistence and unwavering faith.  You must “act, until it is fact!”  Dream your dream, live your dream, and, in time, you will attain your dream. 

Thanks for golfing with Jeff