You are you're greatest opponent!
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By MICHAEL ANTHONY
Your Greatest Opponent 
You probably have heard many times that your greatest opponent
is yourself, not old man golf. The following is a brief
explanation why.
Your brain or computer starts working at a very early age.
Approximately six months after conception, your brain
starts recording all your mother's thoughts and actions
while you are still in her womb. It continues to record
everything you do and experience during your lifetime
and accumulates a data base on YOU.
For simplicity sake we will refer to your brain's data base
as your TAPE. Your tape is a conceptual representation of the
entire history of all your previous thoughts and actions which
comprise your present performance level.
The concept of your tape is important to comprehend because
your brain or computer is programmed to make similar decisions
in accordance to what is in its date base or tape. Since your
brain is programmed to make decisions similar to what you have
done in the past, the biggest challenge you will face when
trying to change your thoughts and actions to improve your golf
is your tape.
Your brain will use all of your strengths and weaknesses
recorded on your tape to keep you at your present level of
performance or within your comfort zone. To improve your golf,
you must overcome your programming to repeat what is on your
tape. This may seem like a simple explanation of what you are
up against, but it is crucial for you to be aware that your
tape will control you unless you exercise control over it.
Fortunately, you can change your past tendencies because the
most current portion of your tape has the biggest impact on
your decision making process. But make no mistake, it will be
a battle between your desire to change or improve and your
brain's programming to have you repeat what is on your tape.
Your tape doesn't care if it's positive or negative, its job
is to have you repeat the same thing over and over.
When you go to sleep, your brain reviews all your thoughts
and actions for that day. If you do something different from
your normal routine, your brain has to decide to either
assimilate this new behavior or reject it so it can make
spontaneous decisions once you awake. This is why the best
time to give your tape new instructions is just before going
to sleep and immediately upon awaking. Otherwise, you will
more than likely go right back to the previous responses on
your tape.
Free golf match play mental tip : By successfully putting new thoughts and actions on your tape
consistently for a period of 30 days, your brain will
assimilate these as new habits and they will become part of
your normal tape response. Remember that you control your
tape or your tape will control you. It is your choice and
will be reflected in your golf score.
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