"And he said..."

Hello  

The flight was uneventful and I landed at Glasgow Airport – off to see a client and help them with growing their turnover and profits.

And as...

The director of the client company was an avid golfer he’d suggested I arrive the day before and we’d play golf; talk; go out for dinner and generally have a good time before the day of the consultancy.

Naturally...

I agreed – playing golf at a top Scottish course was a certain “Yes – I’ll be there!”

And so...

There I was ambling through the airport concourse pulling my wheeled suitcase in one hand and dragging my wheeled golf-bag in the other.

I arrived at the taxi rank – and waited my turn.

The next free taxi arrived and the helpful taxi-driver put my suitcase and golf clubs in the boot (trunk)

As you might imagine...

We got into a conversation about golf – the driver was a keen golfer too. And he told me a story which was just so insightful.

Here it is...

A young man was taking lessons with a golf professional. The young man had only just taken up the game of golf.

It wasn’t going well. He was spraying balls all over the practice ground and getting more and more frustrated with every attempted shot.

Finally...

In a fit of irritation he started swearing. Not at the professional but at his inability to produce the shot he intended.

It was at this point...

The professional uttered the phrase that, in the taxi driver’s retelling caught my attention, imagination and memory

“You’re not good enough to be that angry!”

WOW!

Isn’t this a fabulous expression – and one you and I can have as a ‘stop’ anytime we find ourselves frustrated with our results.

If we haven’t...

Taken the time to learn what we need to learn; taken the time to practise our skills – then is it any wonder – at times – we won’t get the results we desire. There’s no point being self-angry if we’re not good enough – yet!

So – I’m off to practice some more – will you?

Go on then...

Peter Thomson

Editor and Practising Publisher

tgiMondays

Please do email me with any feedback or comments.

peter@tgimondays.com