I've read Zen Golf a few times now, and I take away something new every time. Dr. Parent is a cross between Zen Warrior and Golf performance Psychologist. This is a must-read for anyone playing or thinking about playing competitive golf. This book helps you take the skills you have and translate them to a performance setting. With some basic principles and a little practice, you can get the very most out of your game on the course.
Key Takeaways
Memorable Quotes
Rating 8.5/10
While this book is about golf, it's also about life. The principles detailed are applicable to business, personal relationships, and other sports. This is worth revisiting if you're a golfer, and you'll learn something new every time.
Key Takeaways
- A process focus, as opposed to results focus, will ensure your mind is in the right place on the golf course.
- To change a habit, cultivate mindfulness and non-judgmental awareness of the habit.
- Curiosity, rather than fear, is the required feeling for peak performance.
- The golf course is no place to be working on your golf swing.
- Everyone has a perfect golf swing, the swing they come to the course with that day.
Memorable Quotes
- Golf can't be taught, it can only be learned.
- Don’t complain. About anything. Not even to yourself.
- The greatest interference is fear of unwanted results. Yet that is precisely what we get from a lack of commitment.
- Instead, learn to surf on the waves of nervousness.
Rating 8.5/10
While this book is about golf, it's also about life. The principles detailed are applicable to business, personal relationships, and other sports. This is worth revisiting if you're a golfer, and you'll learn something new every time.
