Capture The Flag: Setting Strategic Targets. Max Alexnader Agostini PRSC
By: Max A. Agostini
Tags: Dubai, Trump Administration, Trump, Golf Club, Golf Tips

Trump International Golf Club Dubai UAE

Aiming onto the right target, considering a “chess-game”-style strategy in getting to it is most likely the key-point to success. A so called “master-plan”, a “blueprint”, certain “tactics” are only put into action as soon as a “system” would have been created.

Building Your Own System VS. making it work:

In comparison between a round of golf and daily aims of life, there is not much of a difference after-all. Either way it is absolutely necessary to build your own “system” and to develop it to the very top, to make it bullet-proof and seek for even more improvement, to make it bomb-proof as well. The other day, while playing the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, I recalled the intensive training while being in the sponsorship program of the David Leadbetter Academy the other decade, I would not say “the other day” for sure.

Your golf-swing is basically the “system” you are building, the key indicator and structure of such technique is what takes you further. Certainly in a golf-bag there are all different kind of clubs

and all of them have a slightly different angle, standing position. Without such techniques the game would be — most likely- not fun at all and it would make zero sense to actually go out and play 18 holes. Being on the driving-range, or so called “practicing area”, where interestingly almost everyone wants to show-off their long-drives, some don’t even consider going for the low-distance-approaches, which includes putting: attention into detail makes always a difference, no matter in life or just in the game.

Drive is for Show — Putting is for GO!

Small things can make a big difference, such as flies to elephants, a very common idiom that definitely should not be disregarded.

In contrast to a decent “drive”, is the way for getting a “deal” or “contract” that could generate serious income for your business, no matter employer, or employee, even an employment contract could be such “long hitter”.

However, when it comes to actually executing the work as promised, small attention into detail and to do as promised is what could be compared to “chipping” or “putting”, which is the approach to the flag.

It would make any sense to drive over 250 meters, somewhere into the middle of nowhere and not being able to get the second shot — on the Par 4- onto the green, trying to capture the flag, a golfer’s dream it is — that is for sure- to go for an “Albatross” and to get into the “hole” with the second shot straight away, or at least the closest possible.

Sometimes easier said than done, the first shot could be “somewhere” in the “Deep-Rough” and the ball could be lost, a penalty shot taken for dropping a second ball and to continue with the 3rd onto the green. With the 3rd on the green, one “put-in” and you would be still able to go for 4. Some folks see the impossible task and still try not to add +1 onto their score and hit the green out of a deep-rough, water or while standing right in front of a tree / bush. Well, Impossible is Nothing, or Nothing is Impossible works on athletic sports, hence, not for strategy games such as Golf or Chess.

Realism VS Setting SMART Targets:

Strategic, Measurable, Acceptance, Realistic, Times — is what I would name such SMART “ones”, and being realistic is what takes this whole game into further steps. Without it, no matter how great your technique and swing may be, the game would be lost and you may be grateful to playing “Stableford” today. Rather than counting the total number of strokes taken, as in stroke play, it involves scoring points based on the number of strokes taken at each hole, this works in the game, but not in reality. There is a risk to attack the green right in front of a lake, and it could get just “right” next to the flag, or end up in the water instead, penalty shot, a lost of golf-ball and you may “luckily” only walk away with a Bogey. Business-wise, definitely and that’s for sure, you will have to make such judgements all by yourself and know when to start, end, and how to avoid barriers. Basically sometimes we may have to lose the battle, just to win the war and step back a little. Stepping back may be a sign of silence, without resistance and to accept a diversion, most of the time small diversions will still lead to the main road and to all the same final destination.

Training & Resistance feels like a successful harvest of fruits:

There was this golf course in Austria that was surrounded by apple and pear-trees, I still recall that those trees where between the 9th and the 10th hole, which has always been an encouragement to play as well as possible just to having enough time to stroll over to those trees and to quickly eat a few of those freshly harvested apples, before commencing the second 9 journey.

Life is basically a journey. but there is something you should know before we go on with the actual key summary of this very “experience-sharing” article.

Golf is basically an outdoor sport that pretty much relies on the weather or the climate of a country, different seasons can change the game dramatically. Not playing over the cold-winter and to simply going for a break for too long will get you out of the game easily, while returning you may play an awful score and your self-confidence will be down the road.

Winter-indoor-training was still one of the key-points to keep yourself up and running. Truth to be told, being in the actual game is fun, standing in front of several cameras, a set of markers and to analyzing your swing on a screen is not as exciting as to hold your breath, to count to ten and to feel the earth moving. For some golf seems to be an old man sport, however, if you really want to play well, your body should have been a good condition and especially in the UAE, during the summer-time, endurance is one of the most important key factors for staying in the game for 18 holes, hole number 19 is always the fun part: a cold one and to compare scorecards.

Back at school we had to go through indoor-golf-swing training, simply hitting balls against a net, which was great. The fitness center was not complimentary and through an external contractor, the students had to pay such membership in advance and got reimbursed (every 3 months) under certain conditions: each individual had to go for a run, at least every second day, if not done, the gym membership would not be covered and you would be on your own.

The Weakest Links in the Chain got the Flu Bro:

around 100 students lived in a dorm, each room to be shared with 2 to 3 folks

One shower room per room and only limited amount of hot water

Those who managed to run faster got a hot shower and rest peacefully in their beds

The losers got cold water and were sitting with sneezing, running noses in the class-room, trying to take a day / or two off instead.

Getting the Flu “Bro” VS. Being a Winner:

Business-wise, being faster, stronger and act before it is too later is also one of the key factors of staying ahead of the rest

One single second, minute of a delayed response on a trade could cause a catastrophic loss and this is even worse than “you got a flu bro”, it could lead into a pandemic.

Mentoring & Coaching, Faith & Resistance:

Having someone to cheer-you-up or to simply encourage you to get going is why most of the people are seeking for like-minded friends, or simply a partner to talk to. Mentoring could be such option, some guidance that will take away such fear along your life-journey. This is exactly the reason why I always bring a spectator along.

Golf courses such as Arabian Ranches, Emirates Golf Club, Trump Golf Estate are pretty cool about taking a companion along, that basically only watches you play and sits in the golf cart peacefully. Just yesterday I just learnt, after having played over 14 times since March, that Track Meydan just started to charge AED 75 only for someone watching, which is rather unacceptable. Track Meydan Golf Course is literally falling apart, in the middle of a dusty and dirty constructions site, apparently they are eager to complete their rather unwelcoming main entrance, leaks from ceilings, abandoned facilities that rather remind on a cheap-motel.

Unfortunately, in my opinion, this golf course has been mismanaged dramatically over the past months and there absolutely no hope for you such inappropriate and unconcerned management to seek for improvement.

Golf is a game that requires 100% concentration and attention, with a clear head and mind, once this has been taken away through rude and ignorant member of staff, it is definitely not recommended to actually go out and hit the course. Since this rather mismanaged golf-course only has 9 holes, they sell 18 holes tickets by offering a 9 x 2 holes pass, I just played half way through and decided not to play this course no more, with no intentions to return.

Mentoring and having a person by your side is the key point will playing a round of golf, golf is a sport, like any other business, that requires precision and this can only be achieved once the environment / chemistry is right between the visitors, member of staff and the management. Their Irish Interim General Manager is definitely careless about negative feedback, otherwise, the golf course IT would not block “Google” or “TripAdvisor” Reviews within their WIFI network / or trying to getting every single review removed. Seeking for improvement and listening to the audience is also part of an ongoing improvement process.

Listen to your complaining customers and take all feedback as a positive input to make it better and right, no matter it is a golf-pro to trying to improve your swing, or a customer / client taking their time to input.

We could all just walk away and let it be, people that give you attention and adding their mustard straight into your face is the key to success and part of the SMART, acceptance part. Accept the fact that no one is perfect and we will have to accept critique, this is the only way to make it right again and make your system “Great Again”. Trump actually wants to make American GREAT AGAIN, which is quite challenging, we cannot make it right for anyone / everyone at all. C’est la vie!

Let’s just put it all into a nutshell:

Be the best you can be, practice, set smart targets and try to staying ahead of the rest is only possible by taking attention detail.

Such small details can make a big difference, that’s for sure, only the long drive and in getting a “deal” done, doesn’t mean that the approach to the flag and to capture it will actually work-out.

Take any critique for this most unique opportunity for self-improvement, no one is perfect, even very-well-market-campaigned products are always lack of attention into detail. There is no such perfect city, product, person or country, and we cannot make it right for everyone.

However, if you are seeking for self-improvement you may be able to convert your weaknesses into your strength and become a strong powerful unit, this only works if you try to reduce the amount of errors and “make it right again”,

even Microsoft launches a new operating systems announces thousands of errors and after-sale-support, just to make it right again. Otherwise how could you explain that our Windows, or even others, such as Android, IOS system phones keep reminding us on up-dates. Even this very FireFox browser I’m using to write this article, or mobile applications keep reminding on updates.

Let’s update and try to be the very best we can be and we can take it from there.

Make life and ourselves great “again”, this especially counts for the Golf Game, hence, it doesn’t matter how we have played hole 5, if the sixth one doesn’t “go”, the whole entire score will be affected.

Life is a golf-game, with constant top tier performance to achieve, great scores or just up and down that could be easily handled / sorted out with strategic moves.

Follow those simple advise and everything will be plain sailing!

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@prscenterprises.com.

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

Max

Maximilian-Alexander Agostini

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