SOMETHING TO HANG YOUR HAT ON-WALKING WITH A TIGER
(from mountainwings.com)
It sounded like a rifle shot.
Each time Tiger Woods hit the ball from the tee the sound was distinct. Perhaps it was the metal driver that he used that gave the impact, that sharp metal “POW” that went through the crowd.
My son and I vainly searched the skies for his ball as it took off. We never saw a one. All that we could do was follow the crowd and watch the caddy as he finally stood over the ball several hundred yards down the fairway.
We really tried to see the ball as he hit, but neither of us could. Perhaps it was that we were standing on the sidelines. Perhaps it was the angle of the sun. Perhaps it was a combination of several factors, but we could never see it. It emphasized another key.
Often you can’t see the target nor the strokes of true greatness. Only the visionary can see it. They think above and beyond the crowd. They have goals that transcend the ordinary. They can see what could be instead of just what is. Vision and the willingness to try is often what separates the great from the mundane.
“But it’s always been this way!”
“That’s not possible!”
“I (or we) don’t have the ‘you name it.’”
That’s the typical response in the midst of tough and difficult circumstances because most simply cannot see what could be. Got tough and difficult circumstances? Keep your eye on the ball but aim far beyond the ordinary.
Don't worry if other people can't see your goal, as long as you have a good plan to get there. And that's something you can hang your hat on.
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A man was walking by.. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
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