Getting sidetracked: Avoid direct attention away from your core activity.
By: Max A. Agostini
Tags: Golf, Lifestyle, Self-awareness, Dubai, Self Love

Ladies and Gentlemen,

This is and most likely a very common thing that we have all experienced before. Our mind directs attention away from an activity or subject towards another one that is less important.

All the same I did experience just recently during a round of golf at Track Meydan Golf Course. While I had some pretty decent drive, that definitely draw-ed attention from my flight partners, I was still looking for a definite “status quo” and hit another “provisional instead”. Truth to be told, I was simply “sidetracked” by some previous drives that were exactly and right in the middle of the fairway instead.

Although the very first “long hitter” has been in a pretty difficult situation to continue with the second shot onto the green, with barriers, such as:

Sand

Deep Rough

Trees and bushes right in front of it

I just had this inner belief that told me to “keep going” and to simply “go for it” and that I am allergic to “average” and simply wanted to do something “spectacular”, such as hitting the second shot straight onto the green, this would still leave to a birdie, or even a par.

While I was actually sidetracked by flight partners into talking about playing the provisional or to just take it as a “mulligan” / again / I just refused to be “average” and would take the easy road — I got almost sidetracked. Taking out the iron number 5 would have and has definitely a been “dicey” and in the end, the second shot hit the green, which has lead to an actual birdie. Yes, I did it, I played 3 instead of 4, although it would have been a “lost cause” for many of us, but my mind has let me gain strength, telling me that “option B” is simply a distraction of “option A” and on no account could this be possible, ever.

Interestingly, I parked my golf cart right in front of the green, and started recording the “birdie put”, which can be seen below / just click onto the YouTube link and see by yourself. I did not expect that the “Birdie”-Put, would actually fall, high expectations and in the end a great result. I kept playing provisional golf balls, even while being in “tricky” situations, and realized that it would be meaningless and a waste of time.

What can we learn from such “STATUS QUO” real-life-time-scenario?

Let’s be frank the existing state of affairs — especially regarding social or political issues- is or can be just like a round of golf, with 18 chances to make it right again, and to score.

Same as every single day, we have 24 hours in total, and every single moment of life we can make a difference, for the good and the better / every single time / everyday we find it hard to breathe and to handle obstacles and just to walk away from such is definitely not an option.

Stay calm and live your life you will remember, one day we will leave this world behind, but we will have to set momentum and leave a legacy behind. Our family name is the legacy we will leave behind, our first name is the name of this “soldier” that is fighting for his family name.

I did this mistake and was not confident in my drive, or approach, believing that I could have hit the ball the better and possibly can score with a better position, that will — in the end — not change a thing at all.

Actually I did try to hit a second ball, just to see how much lower the strikes can be on the card and came to the conclusion: golf is like life, we are in this current state or life and we already did our very best, this cannot change within a few seconds / fractions of time anyways. Over 90 percent of those “second chances” I wanted to take so badly, ended up in the same result anyways.

Read carefully and just call for a rethink:

Everyday we are getting out of bed and start our day with brushing teeth, and to take on some clothes, no one of us could possibly just run around in our birth-suit all day long. Sooner or later we will get the ball rolling and start with some kind of daily activities or so called “to make a living”. Imagine, you could just turn back in time and start your day over again, would that be even possible?

Same as in this most unique golf sport / life itself, take it as it is and accept the consequences of your current situation or “status quo”, in every aspect, no matter socially or political, there is nothing we could have done or have done better. Even we would try again at this very moment, it is not an option and we could not possibly improve a thing.

Hit the drive, find something that drives you:

Some things could drive me crazy, something like a hobby you also be something that drives me, this is all the same for friends and family.

Finding your own way or life and to keep repeating it, is all the same like a golf swing and knowing yourself is also one of the most important keys of success.

Knowing yourself, limits and be the very best you can ever be is one of the key factors of life.

Just between you and me, building your own system or way to handle your life, business, and daily activities will get you through tough and hard times.

The easy way is and will never be the most unique one, if you really want to stay ahead of the rest and leave a legacy behind, we will always have to go through a rough path of life, this could also just be a difficult situation to approach the green / no matter from the tee or just the fairway, it all counts and we can make the best out of our current situation.

What if and if I would have, this is not possible in life, we have to get going with what we have and make the very best out of it.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

If there are any questions that may arise in the meantime, please feel so free to contact me directly at (86–21) 6157 4954 or drop me an email to max (at) prscenterprises (dot) com.

Kind regards from the very city centre of Shanghai, The People’s Republic of China,

Max

Maximilian-Alexander Agostini

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