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Tiger Woods: Overcoming Obstacles
At 15 years old he was the youngest to win the junior amatuer tour as well as the first black man to win.
A supportive relationship with oneself:
When he was young tiger would listen to tapes that would build up his self esteem and help him focus.
Equanimity:
In the 1994 amateur championship tiger had played 6 holes and was already losing even though he was behind he still found his birdies and did not care about the past or future and ended up winning

His father was the first black baseball player at Kansas State.
TIger woods had the mindset that to win you must experience difficulties and losses but soon rise to the top which may be the secret to his success.

Tiger learns to control his emotions and always uses lots of positive talk to

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