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~taru pul ling the triggers
recessarv to get you to change to
PR-'("i",ion. in..tmct
that decISIOn."
and tempo Me .111 It's InterestIng tha t Andre
f"le('~",ary in order 10 Agassl would use golf terms til
become extracrdinarv. explalll Roger Federer bE'cause
go!f IS famou!Jy a braln galllE'. Golf
- Dondld J Trump requires tec hnique. but more
importantly. It reccues extenSlVe
use of t he mmd. Roger Federer
coot rcrs the game and know ~ lns t inetl ~el y how to handle hIs
opp<lOI'f1ts. He's as fierce as he is gfaceful and good luck to anyone
Pile on the courL Tennis is very much about knowing your oPPOnE'r1t
as wetl as yoursel f. Than another 001' of Federer's strengths.
PlaYIng golf is a fllrm of fun for me. Fun in the samp way that
makIng deals IS fun lor me. Golf d1amp>on Phil MJCheISO<l says the
~t golf adYKe he ever recewed was from hIS father. who totd hIm
to have fun. Even when he practices. he's having fun and enJOYIng
n . I can relate to that , and it 's soli d advice tor anything you're
doing.
1ha~e learned a lot about the integrity of cooote by playlng golf
with them . That's why so many business deets come about durmg
and after golf galllE'S . Ac ertain ccoac t is required In ';lOll and people
who keep to that form WIll uwaUy be iOOd business partners. Some
people call il ercoeue. I Just call It hooesty. A ~l f game can be a
good IndICator of that vrrtoe.
Golf also requirE'S fleubl!ity. KE'E'Plng your equihbnum can make
the dIfference betWE't'l"l a great game aocl a bad coe - .loci the same
appl lE'S to business. Remaln flexible. OCIIl't stlCk to " xed patterns·
E~ery game, e~ery deal. WIll be dlfferetlt. Be In shape. be prepared,
practice, and kroow there will be ~a riablE'S to deal with.
Nick Faldo, one Ilf the aU ·time golf greats. says someth ing that
is absolutely right on; "Whether you hIt the ball slowly, soft , or hard,