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Issue 242: Tuesday - August 19, 2008
If you find this newsletter helpful, please tell your friends, associates and golf instructor. Thanks for helping out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Keep Polishing Your Wheel" If you are new to my newsletter, welcome aboard. Please read "Keep Polishing Your Wheel" at the end of this newsletter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GOLFERS LOCKER ROOM BULLETIN BOARD I am pleased to announce that you can listen to my mental golf tips weekly at GolfSmarterTips Podcast. "Thanks, I have now reached my goal for the season: a single digit handicap (9)! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It makes my day when you email me your success stories or ask for my help after you have read my book and listened to my CD. Don't be shy. It is always good to share positive feedback with your fellow golfers. Your generosity in sharing your experiences with others will help inspire them to keep polishing their wheel and help you sink an extra putt or two :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MENTAL TIP by MICHAEL ANTHONY "Experiencing Non-Thinking" When I work with a golfer, or any athlete, I always ask: "What are you thinking about when you are performing at your best?" The answer is always the same: "I'm not thinking." They are operating on instinct. If you ask yourself that same question, I'll bet your answer will be the same: "I'm not thinking when I perform at my best." In spite of the above, I get emails asking me: "How does one forget about the outcome - or accomplish such a 'I couldn't care less about the outcome' state when I want to win, birdie, par, look good, or whatever? Some part of me always knows I really do want to win. Pretend you don't want to win and you'll win? Doesn't sound like something you would agree with? So why does reading your book or listening to your CD every time I play help me enter this 'hoot less' state?" It's not that you care less about the outcome, but you greatly increase your probability of success to achieve the outcome you desire by not thinking about it. Just expect to be successful if everything goes right, trust your triangle and focus on seeing the ball being hit without thinking about the outcome. Another way to increase your probability of success is to take lessons and work on improving your mechanics so you don't have to think about them while you are playing. The ability to clear your mind of all thoughts takes time and mental training to accomplish. It has taken me years to be able to accomplish this and I'm still working at it because negative thoughts still pop up. When they do, I take a deep breath, talk to myself, tell my thoughts to go away, and then go about my business without thinking about the outcome. I don't make all of my shots, but I make a lot of them. The one's that I don't make, I don't worry about because I'm not perfect and I'm willing to allow the outcome to happen - good or bad. Then I learn from the feedback how to improve. This process works for me, and will work for you if you work at it. It's impossible to explain to your mind the experience of being in the present without thinking about the outcome because your mind's job is to think. It's your spirit that experiences non-thinking. It took Eugen Herrigel, the author of "Zen in the Art of Archery," six years of Zen training to experience the experience of non-attachment to the outcome. My unique mental training program gives your spirit very exact sign posts to follow that will allow you to experience the experience of non-thinking without taking six years of intense study under a Zen Master. The proof is in the pudding. If you read the testimonials on my website, you will find that many golfers have experienced that experience by following the sign posts explained in my book. My CD "Polish the Wheel" makes it easier to follow them. The choice is yours. You can keep thinking about the outcome or use "The Mental Keys" to experience the experience of non-thinking and lower scores. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Super Bonus... When you order my book and CD, you will receive my new book Michael Anthony's Mental Golf Tips, which contains 75 of my favorite mental tips. If you read a tip a day, you will be amazed at how much it will help you to keep polishing your wheel and shoot lower scores.
If you are not working on improving your mental game, you are playing golf with only half of the equipment. If you have not read The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf, your mental game will benefit greatly by seeing the whole picture instead of just pieces contained in these mental tips. My book gives you the tools to improve your mental game. My CD Polish the Wheel makes it much easier to keep using them. "To develop a great mental game, it's critical to realize that your mental state affects the chemistry of your brain which in turn affects your ability to perform. Then, it's just a matter of reprogramming your mind to optimize your chemistry so you can play in the zone." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Keep Polishing Your Wheel" My mission is to help you lower your score by increasing your awareness of how your mind processes information and providing you with insights on how to improve your mental game. It is important for my new subscribers to get up to speed as quickly as possible. If you truly desire to lower your score, read my book and listen to my CD (part one) before and (part two) after you play as well as read my mental tip newsletters. Once you have done your homework, you will have laid the foundation to have one of the best mental games around. The next step is to continue to work on improving your mental game (polish your wheel) until these insights become an instinctive part of your mental makeup. My advice to my old subscribers is to keep polishing your wheel if you want your scores to continue to fall. Since my mental tips are designed to enhance and reinforce your understanding of "The Mental Keys," keep reading them as well as rereading my book from time to time. Some of my newsletters contain new tips and others repeat past tips to refresh your tape. If you keep polishing your wheel, your scores will continue to fall. I guarantee it! Once in awhile, I send out a Golf Announcement to inform you of other golf products that will help you to polish your wheel. Please take a serious look at them. Play well and keep polishing your wheel, Michael Anthony P.S. Once you read this section "Keep Polishing Your Wheel" several times, you can skip it in future newsletters. After several repetitions, just seeing the words "Keep Polishing Your Wheel" will automatically remind you to keep working on improving your mental game. Click for access to my private mental tip archive "The Mental Keys to Improve Your Golf" Michael Anthony © Copyright 2008 by Michael Anthony. All rights reserved. |
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