About Scheffler

So, Scheffler won the Open. He did it in exactly the way that was to be expected – calm, steady, even in good humour.

Asked about his secret sauce, he refuses to hand it out. Or rather; He openly shares what makes things work for him and the problem is…

that it is simply not such a big fuzz.

“I get to do daily as a Professional Golfer what I had dreamed of. That is great, isnt it?”

“I do not identify with it. It is what I do and I love doing it but it’s not what makes me as a person, what makes my life.”

“There is more to life than just (fill in).”

So, this does 2 things for me:

a) it reminds me of Yoga philosophy

b) it gets me to wonder is that true for me, too? Or; should it?

“I am an entrepreneur, I spend my days doing something great that I had dreamed of when I was a kid. Creating things, sharing my thoughts in writing and in other ways, not just one thing as in his case, but doing my entrepreneur thing, I get to do that and often it’s great, sometimes it’s not – but then again – can we really imagine A Scottie not alos having a bad day sometimes? Maybe the magic is that even so, he will still consider it a lower day in a bunch of overall good days. And if I get myself to see the lows again a bit more like this, maybe that can already take a lot of weight of my shoulders.

Then there is this aspect when he talks about ‘being called to do this’ – and yes, honestly, I do feel called to do this. To work with peole all around the globe. To make their creative (!) work lives easier. To help them turn idas into reality. To myself turn ideas into reality. It’s not an as simple message as “I sm called to play Golf” but looking at it, good Golf contains such different elements to wrok out as a whole – my elements are also very diverse, challenging, and add up to the whole thing working.

I also am reminded again that if you immerse yoursefl into the process, you will gain so much more knowledge and depth of skill that at some point, sooner or later, will come in very handy. Maybe not immediately rewarded, but totally on the long run. And this is what life is – the long game including the short game and the mental game and the getting along with others etc.

So, Scottie made me think:

• what do I feel called to? (writing in the mornings, creating beautiful things – including software, enjoying people and culture from lots of different perspectives and places)
• how can I make sure I enjoy the process a bit more again? for one, by realizing that big picture wise even if not by standard dimensions (have not sold companies for millions so far etc) but by my personal success standards (doing what makes sense, work with capable, creative people) makes total sense for that kind of animal that I am. And that maybe I just need to trust this being called to it a tiny bit more. In my whole weirdo nerdy bookish yet pragmatic ways
• how can I make sure there IS more in life than that? so, basically for me my relationship with my husband is a huge priority and we both live by that. Other than that, sometimes it would be great if there would be a bit more other people, other hobbies… but if I listen to that lady, who is retired and bored in winter (no golf then), well… I rather do have my call and mission to work on each day.
• the confidence that comes from having put in the work all the times before “this is what I worked for, trained for, refined for – I got this”. It is about confidence based on lots of layer of conscious and subconscious ability and that is the whole point. Do not expect confidence to grow on its on. Give it layers to grow alongside.

So, how about you?

Would you also like to channel a bit mor Scottie in you? What could that look and feel like?