Five years ago I can say that I was a different person on the golf course. I had a dream of playing college golf and it’s all I could think about. At my country club, there were around seven high school golfers who were all very good. I practiced more than all of them and went to a swing coach twice a month. I practiced everyday, but no matter how hard I practiced, or how much better I got at golf; my tournament scores were always terrible. I would play in scrambles with the older men and would carry the team, but again when it came to playing individually, I was a nervous wreck. I could not control my terrible nerves and it continued to hinder my golf game. When I was playing good I had no trouble controlling my anger, but if I was playing
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I got disqualified and almost did not get to play at state tournament. Being disqualified was one of the most demoralizing situations that have happened in my life and that moment I knew that I had to change. Fast forward to today where I am a way better golf than I was in the past. During my changing process I saw my friend start acting like I once did. I saw how bad he looked when he acted liked that, which made me sick. Golf became a job to me and because of my lack of managing my temper, I almost quite playing. Today there are still times I get mad, but I remind myself I’m just playing for fun and money. My friends, and the people I play with, tell me that I am a completely different person compared to how I used to be on the golf course. From my shift in attitude, people I once played with started inviting me to play again. The friends that saw me at my worst treated me the most different because they understood how badly I wanted to be good at golf. They also understand how hard it was for me to change my ways. Golf is one of the hardest and most enjoyable sports in the world, but it can also be a frustrating …show more content…
Growing up most boys think they know everything about anything and I admittedly was one of those boys. I knew everything and my dad knew nothing. The older I become the more I began to realize how smart my dad really was. For instance last year I was having trouble with my finance homework and I asked him for his help. When I asked him for help I knew he had not looked at the material since the 1980's, yet within ten minutes he figured out where I had messed up and showed me how to fix it. Another time I realized how smart my dad is was when I was taking QMDS; which is one of the college of businesses hardest perquisites. I was complaining how I will never use this in the real word. Right then my dad told me to look at his laptop and there he was using the same formula for his own work. Since I've been in college I’ve learned that he is smarter than I will ever be. I used a personal construct to gage how smart my dad is. I measure a mental yardstick that allows us to measure a person or situation along a dimension of judgement is a personal construct. When I met my best friend for the first time I did not like him at all and my perception of him was highly negative. The more I was around him the more I learned we had a lot in common. Over time we become good friends and my perception changed in a positive way towards him. I feel my perception changed because my interpretation of him changed. Lastly, there was a friend of
I got disqualified and almost did not get to play at state tournament. Being disqualified was one of the most demoralizing situations that have happened in my life and that moment I knew that I had to change. Fast forward to today where I am a way better golf than I was in the past. During my changing process I saw my friend start acting like I once did. I saw how bad he looked when he acted liked that, which made me sick. Golf became a job to me and because of my lack of managing my temper, I almost quite playing. Today there are still times I get mad, but I remind myself I’m just playing for fun and money. My friends, and the people I play with, tell me that I am a completely different person compared to how I used to be on the golf course. From my shift in attitude, people I once played with started inviting me to play again. The friends that saw me at my worst treated me the most different because they understood how badly I wanted to be good at golf. They also understand how hard it was for me to change my ways. Golf is one of the hardest and most enjoyable sports in the world, but it can also be a frustrating …show more content…
Growing up most boys think they know everything about anything and I admittedly was one of those boys. I knew everything and my dad knew nothing. The older I become the more I began to realize how smart my dad really was. For instance last year I was having trouble with my finance homework and I asked him for his help. When I asked him for help I knew he had not looked at the material since the 1980's, yet within ten minutes he figured out where I had messed up and showed me how to fix it. Another time I realized how smart my dad is was when I was taking QMDS; which is one of the college of businesses hardest perquisites. I was complaining how I will never use this in the real word. Right then my dad told me to look at his laptop and there he was using the same formula for his own work. Since I've been in college I’ve learned that he is smarter than I will ever be. I used a personal construct to gage how smart my dad is. I measure a mental yardstick that allows us to measure a person or situation along a dimension of judgement is a personal construct. When I met my best friend for the first time I did not like him at all and my perception of him was highly negative. The more I was around him the more I learned we had a lot in common. Over time we become good friends and my perception changed in a positive way towards him. I feel my perception changed because my interpretation of him changed. Lastly, there was a friend of