What do all of these experiences have in common?

1. Learning to take your first steps
2. Learning what to do on your first day of school
3. Learning how to ride a 2 wheel bike

The Answer - Fear of failing

But what WAS the real outcome?

1. You feared your first steps, you fell down several times.....but you LEARNED how to walk, improving that skill thru repetition - YOU SUCCEEDED

2. You were afraid of making new friends or being away from home and your parents...but you went again on Tuesday , you LEARNED how to make friends and found that your parents were home when you got back , again thru repetition - YOU SUCCEEDED

3. You feared that without those training wheels you would fall, and u did.....but you got back on and with someone's help LEARNED how to balance and pedal that bike, again improving through perseverance, patience and repetition - YOU SUCCEEDED

The fear of failing has been present in your life since you were young, and as long as you attempt new things, the possibility of failure will also be there.

Then why is the fear of learning GOLF so different than learning to walk, ride a bike or your first day of school. Do you think it's really harder?

If you really want to learn the golf swing and learn the "deceptively simple" game of golf you must:

1. Not be afraid to take professional instruction and learn or unlearn things, because you will succeed

2. Not be afraid of the "you are going to get worse before you get better" syndrome, because you may (get worse), but you will learn and you will succeed.

3. Do not fear the results of where the ball may or may not go. A suggestion would be for the student to go thru their routine and be fearless and just hit the crap out of the ball. You can be sure that little white sphere will go some where, not always where you want; but as you practice and persevere you will begin to bear the fruits and NOT fear the fruits of your labor. YOU WILL SUCCEED!

Golf is not for everyone, however, most everyone is for golf. Why; because it looks simple, but the beauty is in the fact that it is not, it's deceptive and elusive, but not impossible.

Do you think that it's harder than taking your first step, or your first day of school or your first attempt at riding a bike? It's not!

But if you are someone who plays and complains about their inability to ever get better, because they don't have the patience or the time or the desire to practice or, or, or - DON"T!

Why not instead think about being fearless and taking "another first step", maybe you will fall down but if you have patience, and persevere you will keep learning and eventually succeed and be gliding along on 2 wheels or 4 wheels down the middle of the fairway.