Your Championship Destiny

Life Upgrade
a five minute motivational newsletter

Issue 81
By Master Coach Ginger Cockerham

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Your Championship Destiny
Life Upgrade Questions
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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?"
Marianna Williamson (Quoted by Nelson Mandela as he became President of South Africa)

At the British Open this past weekend, Sergio Garcia vaulted to within one shot of Tiger Woods and started Sunday, the final day, as Tiger's playing partner. Sergio had been on top of his game all week, shooting birdie after birdie. He has never won a major golf tournament, but he has been on the cusp of reaching that pinnacle many times. As they teed off and played the final round, Sergio started losing shots to par.

One of the announcers, Nick Faldo, a former British Open champion, said that in golf as well as in life, people tend to find their level. The level is the place where they feel comfortable and are accustomed to living. Faldo said that it happens over and over on the tour that people get to the lead and then suddenly fall back. He said besides the golfer himself, his friends expect their golfing buddy to be good but not great. They can all get together later and discuss how the wind was blowing to hard on Sunday, or the course was not playing to the player's strengths, or the crowd antics distracted him or whatever other excuse they can find. Then they can all smile and go back to being comfortable.

What has to happen for people to step out of their comfort zone and step into their championship destiny? It takes being masterful at your craft, but it takes something more. It takes growing spiritually and emotionally so that you can embrace being comfortable with opportunity, with challenge, with holding that Claret Jug.

What is your comfort zone?
Are you tapped out at your level of success?
Who is encouraging you to stay where you are?
Who can you count on to support you in raising the bar?
What will it take to step up and embrace your championship destiny?

Maybe that's why Anika Sorenson and Tiger Woods text message so much. She has won 10 majors and after this British Open win; Tiger has won 11. They are in a great championship zone.

~o^o~ Resources
Do you like country music?
Try "Some Dreams" by Steve Earle from the movie "The Rookie"
Great inspiring summer read: Gifts from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh