Last week an acquaintance of mine (we share the same golf coach) did the unimaginable. He shot 57. Yes, that is for 18 holes. Now, I have never heard of anyone shooting 57. Not saying it has never been done, but fourteen under par. Really?! Amazing.
If you are like me, my first question is how? Here is more on this great accomplishment in sports by our coach Robert Linville at Precision Golf School. Goodes shoots 57
His answer. “I have no clue.” That is exactly how you perform at your best. When people get “in the zone,” they are not thinking. They are Reacting! Regardless of the arena you are performing in, be it the operating room, boardroom, classroom, stage, course, court, or field, peak performance is achieved by simply responding to what you have already spent hours training yourself to do. In Dr. Michael Lardon’s book, Finding Your Zone, he talks about these principles and how to apply them.
Can you remember a time when you were in the zone? When your outcome equaled your desired expectations? Do you remember how it felt? What triggers put you there? I think answering those questions are key to getting yourself into the zone, keeping yourself there, and reentering the zone once you’ve fallen out (this is the move of a champion).
We all have had times like these when we have ascended to a performance beyond our good, to our great. We write it off as a fluke or luck. When in fact, we have experienced our full potential and the level we can rise to become.
Please share your ZONE experiences. Reliving them will help you repeat them in the future.
