Scott Cranfield

Scott Cranfield

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Winter Time – Review the Basics

 Traditionally winter is a time for golfers to review their basics.  This discipline was made famous by Jack Nicklaus and his coach Jack Grout.  Can this approach be useful elsewhere and if so why?…

 There is Power in Basics

 If you look through history after and during times of difficulty people and companies return to basics, this could include anything from the serious to the trivial…

• Poor Health
• Bankruptcy
• Divorce
• Poor Golf
• Redundancy
• Death of loved one
• Etc

 Why do they return to the basics?  Because it works!

 When we are trying to build anything whether it is a career, a relationship, improved health etc we have a plan to follow.  In reality this plan will be following a list of very basic things that build the foundation to a great outcome, for example… 

 -       in building our business we might put in the extra hours; plan carefully our next project; buy our stock more carefully; keep our books up to date etc

-       for our health we might follow a basic exercise regime; drink enough water; get sufficient sleep etc

-       in our relationship we might consciously make the effort to tell our partner “we appreciate and love them”; buy them flowers on a regular basis; switch off our phone at dinner etc

 All the things mentioned above and I am sure you can think of many more are ordinary things that when done extraordinarily well produce outstanding results.

 As time moves on in our life situations and maybe some of those mentioned above we can become more emotional, judgemental, lethargic, cynical etc and as a result often chase results or expect things to happen even though we don’t carry out the basic things as well. After a run of success we might get above ourselves and not be so disciplined and end up attracting humbling circumstances. 

 Another way to think of the basics is to consider the law that “if you don’t chose your challenges the universe will chose them for you!” In other words the basics can be challenging some might say boring, we often want to skip them and do something more exciting, or take the attitude “it wont matter if I miss them this time” but the basics keep us grounded, they help us plan and think from a centred place.  As a result we make better decisions, realise the extent of work that is required and plan accordingly.  

 Just as checking a golfers grip; posture; balance; alignment etc can bring an untidy swing back in line so can reviewing the basics in other areas of your life bring these areas back in line and with a foundation to grow from.  Within your manual you have  a ‘fulfilment planner’ which is a system to record the basics you would love to do to ensure you keep growing.  As always use this system or create your own if you prefer, but the message here is make sure you have something to help you stick to the basics, why…. Because It Works!

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getting the basics right such as grip; posture etc provides a foundation for natural talent to flow and for the golfer to be them-self!