Alex Elias David Wilson serves as the PGA ExecuSearch Consultant for the Connecticut and New England PGA sections. Previously, Wilson served as the PGA Head Professional at the Hyannisport Club. Quotes: "Every morning you have a choice to make. Evolve or repeat." In order for this quote to really take shape, you need to have discipline and self-awareness. You need to know yourself and you need to know your strengths and weaknesses. In golf, too often, we go to the range and next thing you know, we're hitting driver. That's repeating the same thing. Instead, we could be dialing in our short game. On the course to hit levels of success, you have to understand where you can make strides and how to act on that. Having that discipline and that self-awareness when you wake up in the morning is the combination to grow. "We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success." - Matthew McConaughey It's human nature. We look at failure more than we look at success. When success happens, it is like the tip of the iceberg. We only see the tip of it. We don't think about everything that went on before that success occurred. It takes more energy to be positive than negative. In golf, your natural instinct is to look at things that went wrong. Players should not only look at the things that went right, but understand the why as to why things went right: club selection, paying attention to the lie, wind, etc. "Be brave. Take the hill. But first answer the question, 'What is my hill?'" - Matthew McConaughey Be brave. Take the shot, but before you take it make sure you know exactly what it is that you're going to do. Q&A: How much do expectations impact an amateur's round? Hugely. Look at putting. Amateurs expect to make everything. The reality is PGA Tour pros make roughly 50% of their 8 foot putts. If your expectations are set to a level of which you have not prepared for and you don't achieve, then you're going to be challenged. You need to understand what expectations are and what your level of success is. You can't allow other people to define those for you. It takes a really courageous person to say, 'Here's my list of expectations. This is what I want to achieve.' How could amateurs improve their mindset? It's an analogy that I think is so true, and it's, 'The windshield is a whole lot bigger than the rearview mirror for a reason.' You have be focused on what is ahead of you and not what is behind you. It's not the double bogey that derails your round, it's how you react to it.
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