I ran across this post from The Armchair Golfer. I encourage you to read it.
It is a great piece on Kenny Perry and his road to making the now victorious 2008 USA Ryder Cup team. The best part of his post is communicating one of life’s greatest success principles for achieving goals, ”Know what you want.” Kenny poured all he had into achieving ONE goal this year.
What good is ambition without direction?
What good is persistence without a vision for your future?
Kenny Perry has proven the power of knowing what he wanted. It did not matter what others thought he should do, or ought to do, or even could do. He had a game plan to achieve his goal and it did not include popular opinion or tradition. He dedicated his time and resources to the sole purpose of making that team. Napolean Hill called it a Definite Major Purpose, and stated that it was the “starting point of all achievement.”
How many times have passion, creativity, and hard work drowned in the ocean of vague dreams. Not one of us needs to fall short of our greatest desires or goals. Kenny didn’t. Neither do we, despite any circumstances or criticism we face. Finally, to achieve his dream, Kenny stepped out on faith, knowing that his guided actions would produce the desired results. ”Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up” Gal 6:9
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