Yesterday we talked about working toward goals, and I said that I wanted to talk about mine a little more. As I said, I get the feeling that people are a little unsure of what I’m really trying to accomplish so I’ll clarify a bit. My tag line says it all: “My quest to become a golf pro”. But what does that mean? I said yesterday that goals should be specific and that’s about as broad as it gets. Have no fear. My goals are very specific, but I just haven’t done a good job relating them to all of you. Some people have probably misconstrued that to mean that I believe that I’m headed to the PGA Tour after a little practice and a couple of competitive rounds. Nothing could be further from the truth. I look at my ultimate goal like a ladder. I’ll begin climbing and will keep climbing until I determine that I can’t climb any further. For me, the bottom rung of that ladder is to become a teaching pro

This isn’t a golf-related post so much. But it might have occurred to you that I’ve undertaken a pretty big task here. My goals are clearly defined, but what am I doing to reach them? Do a little self-reflecting with me here. Do you have goals of your own? If not, why? Is there nothing in life you want to achieve? Ok, so let’s say you do. And let’s say that maybe you aim high with your goals and dreams, so it’s going to take work (maybe a lot) to achieve them. Well, what are you doing to achieve them? These questions aren’t necessarily easy to answer. But once you set goals, you have no hope of reaching them without a clear understanding of what they are, and a clear plan of how you’re going to reach them. The goal-setting part is a little easier. Figure out something you want to achieve. Don’t just make it nebulous. Like, “I want to lose weight.” That leaves too many questions. How much weight? In what time frame?