Tuesday, August 11, 2015

HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE MENTAL TIME?

The following comes from the book "What Drives Winning" by Brett Ledbetter.  It is a great example of the amount of "mental time" that is out there between the tasks that we must execute:

College golf can teach us a great lesson. I was working with a high-level college team and I asked the team a few questions:

Me: How long does it take for you to complete a swing?

Team: One second.

Me: How many shots will you take in a normal round?

Team: 72.

Me: How long does a normal round take to play?

Team: 5 hours.

Me: Let me get this straight, you’re only swinging a golf club for one minute and twelve seconds out of 300 minutes?

Think about that for a second. The great golfers are the ones who can manage the other two hundred, ninety-eight minutes, and forty-eight seconds the best.