Effortless Power
…Not powerless effort!
I have just spent a few days with legendary golf teacher Peter Croker, from Australia. Peter has given lessons to Arnold Palmer, Olin Browne, Fred Funk, and Vijay Singh among others, as well as hundreds of ordinary golfers including me! Peter myself and Crazy Jack (Jack Spirkos’ new identity), are talking about how to best promote the Croker Golf Schools and system over here in the US.Now golf is one of my passions and like every other golfer on the planet, it is one of my greatest frustrations.
Enter Mr. Croker! Peter has developed and is continually refining, a golf system that gives you a foundation to teach yourself – perfect for someone like me who rarely has time to attend regular lessons. I am happy to say that over the last couple of years and after attending golf school with Peter, my game has dramatically improved. Peter’s system is definitely about effortless power – how many golfers out there, me certainly included, have tried in vain to ‘muscle’ the ball - we expend so much effort, little result. Look at the professionals; they make it look so easy!I liked Peter’s ‘effortless power’ phrase – business should be effortless!
Too many of us are trying to ‘power’ the deal and we fail miserably. In short, we try too hard and we don’t let the natural forces work in harmony.Back to golf – Peter explains that we must let the active and passive forces work together and in simple terms, these revolve around the club head, which must be ‘felt’ throughout the swing and the body, which must be stable and in the correct position and alignment, to allow gravitational and rotational forces to do their work.Business is the same – there are active and passive forces at work all the time.
Take selling for example, the buyer wants to buy (passive for the sales person), or they would not be engaged in the process. Active forces are in effect from the sales person who should be leading the process and ‘training’ the buyer to just buy. It all gets out of sync when you either push too hard or not hard enough effectively ruining the harmony.
You must strike a balance.
~ Neil
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