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It Depends.... I have a friend who can do anything with a golfball. He is literally amazing. As an amateur he was one of the very best, but he freely admits he
by SeanDav 16y ago
It Depends....
I have a friend who can do anything with a golfball. He is literally amazing. As an amateur he was one of the very best, but he freely admits he cannot succeed as a golfer because he just does not have the right mental makeup.
He will sink 6 foot putts all day in practice but ask him to sink a six footer with a tournament at stake and he just cannot do it reliably.
Being great at something is often not just about skill or love of the activity but also you "gotta have the right stuff"
- neilk 16y agoYeah, but you're just drawing the line between "result of effort" and "inner nature" in a different place. What if you decided to test the hypothesis that it was inner nature which allowed you to deal with tournament stakes? What if that was learnable after all? Maybe the top performers just had a different set of experiences, one that allows them to be more detached.
- SeanDav 16y agoI have no doubt that inner nature can be learned or at the very least improved. People are complex and the stated reasons are very seldom the real reasons. My friend may just be saying what sounds logical rather than the real reason. In any case I hope this guy makes it!