Golf Is Like Life Essay
Golf is like life. There are ups and downs and wins and losses. Sometimes it's the best game in the world, and sometimes it's the worst. I've been playing golf since I was two years old and I have learned many lessons along the way that help me through life. Number one: have a positive attitude. One of the main characteristics of a good golfer is that they must have is a positive attitude. Golf, more than anything is a sport played on a 5 inch course, the space between your ears. In golf, if something doesn't go your way, you can't get down on yourself. You must continue to have a positive attitude so you can hopefully turn your mistake into a good round. This resembles life. In life, you must continue to keep a positive attitude
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This lesson is to believe in yourself. If you ever want something in life, you have to believe in yourself. There is no way that you will accomplish your goals or gain what you want, if you do not believe in yourself. In golf, if you don't believe you have a shot to beat your competition, you never will. As soon as you say the words I can't, you have already lost the battle. Sure things can be intimidating, but that doesn't mean you can't conquer that intimidation. One of the most intimidating things I've had to overcome is playing against upper class-men in golf. At first I thought that I could never compete with such competition, but then I realized that I would be more successful if I decided to embrace this challenge and believe in myself, rather than to run away from it. I ended up surprising myself and doing better than I thought I would. We have to apply this lesson to life. If you already are giving up on a test because you think that the teacher is a hard grader and you will never get a good grade, you will do just that. You will never get a good grade. But if you decide to embrace the challenge and say let me do my best to make a good grade on this test because I know I am capable of doing so, you will have a much greater chance of defying the odds, and you will surprise yourself in the
This lesson is to believe in yourself. If you ever want something in life, you have to believe in yourself. There is no way that you will accomplish your goals or gain what you want, if you do not believe in yourself. In golf, if you don't believe you have a shot to beat your competition, you never will. As soon as you say the words I can't, you have already lost the battle. Sure things can be intimidating, but that doesn't mean you can't conquer that intimidation. One of the most intimidating things I've had to overcome is playing against upper class-men in golf. At first I thought that I could never compete with such competition, but then I realized that I would be more successful if I decided to embrace this challenge and believe in myself, rather than to run away from it. I ended up surprising myself and doing better than I thought I would. We have to apply this lesson to life. If you already are giving up on a test because you think that the teacher is a hard grader and you will never get a good grade, you will do just that. You will never get a good grade. But if you decide to embrace the challenge and say let me do my best to make a good grade on this test because I know I am capable of doing so, you will have a much greater chance of defying the odds, and you will surprise yourself in the