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Better Golf Better Life: Unlocking The Transformative Power Of Golf

This is a book for golfers and for those trying to understand golfers. Thirty-four short, accessible essays are intended to awaken golfers to an understanding of how the challenges of golf contains overlooked possibilities for self-development. Lessons from golf can and should enhance performance and satisfaction with family and work. This book will make the reader think "Hey, I like to play golf, but I never realized how golf can make me a better person, and how learning about myself can actually improve my golf game. Theses essays will create and enhance personal insights which are often the secret and missing keys necessary to moving to the next scoring level, or to regaining the fascination and enjoyment of the game. These lessons are intended to complement and enhance the value of technical golf instruction. This is also a book about and for the human spirit, helping golfers connect with something beautiful and powerful that is at the heart of this remarkable game we call Golf.



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Better Golf Better Life: Unlocking The Transformative Power Of Golf

This is a book for golfers and for those trying to understand golfers. Thirty-four short, accessible essays are intended to awaken golfers to an understanding of how the challenges of golf contains overlooked possibilities for self-development. Lessons from golf can and should enhance performance and satisfaction with family and work. This book will make the reader think "Hey, I like to play golf, but I never realized how golf can make me a better person, and how learning about myself can actually improve my golf game. Theses essays will create and enhance personal insights which are often the secret and missing keys necessary to moving to the next scoring level, or to regaining the fascination and enjoyment of the game. These lessons are intended to complement and enhance the value of technical golf instruction. This is also a book about and for the human spirit, helping golfers connect with something beautiful and powerful that is at the heart of this remarkable game we call Golf.



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Better Golf Better Life: Unlocking The Transformative Power Of Golf

Better Golf Better Life: Unlocking The Transformative Power Of Golf

by Richard J Goldberg
Better Golf Better Life: Unlocking The Transformative Power Of Golf
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Better Golf Better Life: Unlocking The Transformative Power Of Golf

Better Golf Better Life: Unlocking The Transformative Power Of Golf

by Richard J Goldberg

Overview

This is a book for golfers and for those trying to understand golfers. Thirty-four short, accessible essays are intended to awaken golfers to an understanding of how the challenges of golf contains overlooked possibilities for self-development. Lessons from golf can and should enhance performance and satisfaction with family and work. This book will make the reader think "Hey, I like to play golf, but I never realized how golf can make me a better person, and how learning about myself can actually improve my golf game. Theses essays will create and enhance personal insights which are often the secret and missing keys necessary to moving to the next scoring level, or to regaining the fascination and enjoyment of the game. These lessons are intended to complement and enhance the value of technical golf instruction. This is also a book about and for the human spirit, helping golfers connect with something beautiful and powerful that is at the heart of this remarkable game we call Golf.



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798987452912
Publisher: Dr Rich Golf, LLC
Publication date: 01/04/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 154
File size: 394 KB

About the Author

Professor (Emeritus) of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Dr Goldberg is the Founder of Dr Rich Golf, a golf mental coaching program. Dr Rich Golf brings together experience from a 45 year career in psychiatry, 25 years of competing in endurance athletics, including Ironman triathlon, and 50 years study of Eastern philosophy and mindfulness meditation. Dr Rich has coached golfers at many levels to improve their golf game and the enhance their lives.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Introduction to Dr Rich Golf

Becoming the Self-Aware Golfer

1.    The Fundamental Importance of Self-Awareness

2.    Breaking the Chain of Excuses

3.    Stop Overreacting                                

4.    Slow Down                             

5.    It's Time to Own Your Swing

Basic Skills for the Mindful Golfer

6.    Battling Input Overload

7.    Your Round Begins When You Wake Up

8.    Before You Tee Off       

9.    Thoughts on Pre-Shot Routine  

10.    First Tee Jitters        

11.    Breathing Your Golf Swing

12.    The Brain Does Not Hear "No"

13.    Learn to Meditate: Will This Be the Year?

14.    Basics of Mindfulness Meditation for Golfers

15.    Managing Yourself Between Shots

16.    Putting: Two Technical Foundations

17.    Still Looking for the Right Putter?

Stories of Better Golf Better Life

18.    Fore Your Health          

19.    Golf Is About Doing the Right Thing 

20.    I Just Don't Want to Be Here Anymore

21.    Wherever the Ball Is You've Got That Shot

22.    Letter From an Aging Golfer

23.    How We See Things: It's Always About Ourselves                      

24.    Do We Have to Play Cypress Point to be Happy?

25.    Make Yourself into a Believer

Golf's Transformative Power        

26.    There's Something Greater Going On

27.    Don't Make Golf a Battle with Problems

28.    Getting Off the Bogey Train 

29.    What Is the Zone and How Do You Find It?

30.    We Can't Control Our Way to Better Golf

31.    Beginners Golf Mind

32.    Your Posture Matters  

33.    Some Zen Principles for Golf

34.    Asking the Right Questions 

Postscript

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