The following is a great passage from "What Drives Winning" by Brett Ledbetter and makes a profound point about opportunities where we create value without being involved in the actual action. It's the "time between actions." What is your self-talk like at those opportunities? Are you focusing on what's next or what just happened?
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.
