Gandhi, the Gita, Bagger Vance, and YOU
In our last couple +1s, we’ve had fun hanging out with some world-class peak performance coaches: Harvey Dorfman and Phil Stutz.
What did they teach us?
They tell us that it’s
They, of course, are not alone in this perspective.
We talk about it in one of my
Short story: Lanny Bassham worked with a golfer who hadn’t won in a while. Lanny told him to not even think about winning a tournament. Instead, they developed a protocol. His job was to EXECUTE that protocol every shot of every round he played.
Fast forward a few tournaments. It’s the final shot on the final hole on the final day of the tournament. Our golfer steps up, executes his protocol and makes the putt.
Then his wife runs onto the green and leaps into his arms.
His response?
I just got goosebumps typing that out. I’ve told that story COUNTLESS times. And it gets me EVERY SINGLE TIME.
Imagine stepping up for a $1 million dollar putt and being SO FOCUSED on the PROCESS that you’re OBLIVIOUS to the OUTCOME.
Boom. That’s how it’s done.
He tells us the same thing in his own words.
In Eknath Easwaran’s FANTASTIC biography Gandhi the Man (check out those Notes!), we learn that Gandhi liked to say:
BOOM. That’s how it’s done.
Where’d Gandhi get that wisdom?
From his bible, the Bhagavad Gita ( ) where we learn the fact that:
I could go on and on and on. I’ll leave it at that for now.
Actually…
Let’s bring it back to the 21st century and hear how Steven Pressfield puts it in The War of Art ( ).
He tells us:
btw: Pressfield actually wrote a book on the subject that became a movie starring Will Smith and Matt Damon. Ever heard of The Legend of Bagger Vance? Did you know that that movie is basically the Bhagavad Gita on a golf course?
Yep.
In the Gita, a wise god (Krishna) advises a reluctant warrior (Arjuna). In The Legend of Bagger Vance, a wise caddy (Bagger Vance) advises a reluctant golfer (Rannulph Junuh).
“ .” Get it?
So…
Quick check-in…
More Energy? More Productivity? More Connection?
Awesome.
What can you do RIGHT NOW (!) to take ONE STEP toward to achieving it?
Get on that.
Release attachment to outcomes.
Repeat.
All day. Every day.
ESPECIALLY…
TODAY.
+1. +1. +1.