Politics…stars…wheels...your career…life. All require alignment, in some form. All require alignment to set forth, to plan, to strategize, to guide and, to be honest, to succeed and understand.
Right now, alignment is pissing me off.
How do you know where you are and where you’re going if you don’t know how to get there?
From grip and posture to swing path and weight transfer, a player can do everything I ask of him, top to bottom. But if your mind is pointed towards the target and your body is 40 yards right, there is going to be a conflict. Parallel lines will intersect, and reaching our goal suddenly becomes a struggle.
The question is, even with the absence of direction and parallel lines, does that mean I’m not succeeding? Depends how you look at it. From a “here and now” perspective, I’m probably not shooting as low as I want to. But for a sport that prides itself on eternally dangling happiness in front of your face without ever letting you grab hold, the here and now, the “sprint” if you will, should not be as important as the marathon.
In my world as a player and teacher, if you are learning, you are succeeding. So what did I learn last week by aiming 40 yards right and slicing every employee in the bag for three rounds? I learned that I can beat people even with a below average effort…my short game is a whole lot better for it…and I learned that without my bearings, without goals and a guide, it is tough to reach the top.
Success is not what you are doing here and now. Rather, it is how you apply in the future what you learn and experience in the here and now.
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