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What I Learned About Business In My Golf Lesson

I was reviewing some golf lesson notes and thinking this applies to business, hobbies, and life, yes?!

  • Thoughts precede motion.
  • Visualize what you want (see it, feel it, trust it).
  • Manage your mental state & those things that get you ready to perform at your best.
  • Being comes first; doing second (who do you need to be?) 
  • Routine is ALL about confidence.
  • Choose confidence over comfort.
  • Tempo, rhythm, and balance.

It’s not about the ball; it’s about what’s possible.

From the Range to the Office

  • Thoughts precede motion: walk into a listing appointment already seeing it go well.
  • Being comes first: decide who you need to be (calm, prepared, curious) before you decide what to say.
  • Routine is all about confidence: a consistent morning routine does for your day what a pre-shot routine does for your swing.
  • Confidence over comfort: the call you’re avoiding is usually the one that matters.
  • Tempo, rhythm and balance: a business that sprints and stalls burns out. Steady beats frantic.

What’s your pre-shot routine for the workday?

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Framework: This post is part of Action Produces Data, the coaching framework for consistent production: take the next right action, track it and let the results, not opinions, guide what you do next.

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Mark D. Johnson

Mark D. Johnson, MBA, is Managing Partner of Recruiting Insight and the former CEO of the nation's 35th largest brokerage firm, which he grew roughly fivefold to $8 billion in annual sales. A real estate broker since 2000 and a California licensed broker, he is adjunct faculty at Chapman University and South Orange County Community College District, and author or co-author of six California real estate textbooks and the book Up In Your Business. He coaches broker-owners, managers and recruiters on recruiting, retention and leadership.

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