What’s golf got to do with it?

A year or two ago I was coaching an entrepreneur who was also a keen golfer. As I coached him about his life and business I was struck by the parallels between his personal and professional success and performance and golf.

As with all sports there’s a huge amount we can learn from athletes and sports stars – and from sport in general that is relevant and can provide insight into our careers and our businesses: application, dedication, confidence, support and mindset are all qualities that are essential for sporting success and also for personal and professional progress in any field. 

As a coach it’s also a pleasure when people with sporting backgrounds ask me to coach them. Because we can really get to work on achieving peak performance. One of my current clients has a footballing background and it’s always interesting to draw links between his sporting expertise and where he is now in his new business that has a link to sport. 

So it was a pleasure when Tom Whiting of Golf Juice TV asked me to do an interview for his online channel. Tom is himself a talented young golfer who left the UK in his teens on a golf scholarship. He found the pressures and expectations of pursuing a golfing career was a real mixed experience and discovered that while golf was very dear to him so were other things.On his return to the UK he set up Golf Juice to help other young golfers in particular with all aspects of their game and life on and off the course.

So as you can imagine we had lots to talk about  including issues of life balance, confidence, getting the right support, the huge pressures that can surround you if you are pursuing a sporting life and much, much more. 

If you’re involved in golf or an enthusiast in any area of sport – or if you’re an entertainer / performer – you’re likely to get quite a lot out of this. 

So I was ple