
#113: Stop Pretending: What it Means to Do the (Right) Work to Accelerate Results
The Scratch Golfer's Mindset PodcastEpisode Notes
If you've been grinding on the range, stacking lessons, upgrading systems, hiring coaches, and still feel painfully stuck below your potential, this episode is your wake-up call.
You cannot out-practice, out-hustle, or out-strategize the destructive patterns running your life beneath the surface. As long as you keep outsourcing your growth to new swing tips, training aids, business tactics, or mindset hacks, you'll keep slamming into the same ceilings in golf, business, and at home.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why your "I'm doing all the right things" approach still isn't moving the needle
- The real meaning of "doing the work" (and how it's different from staying busy)
- How destructive mindset programs quietly sabotage your golf, income, and relationships
- Why your deepest fear isn't failure, but how powerful you actually are
- How avoidance, numbing, and distraction keep you stuck on the hamster wheel
- Simple but confronting reflection questions to expose your destructive patterns
- Why deep subconscious work and hypnosis are the fastest path to lasting change
Get your pencils ready and start listening.
P.S. Read the article I referenced here (Your Triggers Are Your Teachers).
P.P.S. Curious to learn more about the results my clients are experiencing and what they say about working with me? Read more here.
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He has over 16 years of coaching experience working with high performers in various industries, helping them get unstuck, out of their own way, and unlock their full potential.
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