Hole #15
Face Your Hardest Hole
Par 4 • 452 Yards
The toughest hole on the golf course won’t pose the same challenges for every golfer. What is hard for one person might come easy to another (and let’s face it: everything seems hard when you can’t do it well). A big part of becoming successful has to do with confidence; many times we golfers defeat ourselves before we even swing the club, because we think we won’t be able to do it right. The same holds true in the business world: What we think is obtainable limits what we aspire to and work to attain. A market that one business has given up on might be the opportunity of a lifetime for another. Never let your management goals be limited by your fears or doubts.
What is your most difficult challenge? What do you need to learn to do better in order to turn the weakest aspects of your game into strengths? What are you doing or not doing that costs you the most strokes or business? Will it make a major difference in your overall performance if you change it? Improving your chip shots might make the green seem to be a lot bigger and easier to hit than you ever imagined. Similarly, learning how to maintain quality standards and prevent problems will make your customers so much easier to get along with. But more importantly, it can give you the confidence you need to take on bigger goals.
Scorecard
FACE YOUR HARDEST HOLE
Hole #15 • Par 4
Player:
Directions: Circle “Yes” or “No” for each question.
And don’t be too easy on yourself. Be as truthful as you can.
Do the things you can’t do seem to become
bigger problems than they really are?
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YES |
NO |
Do you have a plan to improve the weaker
aspects of your performance?
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YES |
NO |
Do you think that maintaining quality standards
and preventing problems from occurring will
make your customers easier to get along with?
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YES |
NO |
Are goals in your organization limited by people’s
perceptions of what is obtainable today?
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YES |
NO |
Scoring key on back
FACE YOUR HARDEST HOLE
Hole #15 • Par 4
Player:
Directions: Record your “score” for each question in the space provided.
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Do the things you can’t do seem to become bigger problems than they really are? |
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YES = 2 strokes |
NO = 1 stroke |
SCORE |
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Do you have a plan to improve the weaker aspects of your performance? |
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YES = 1 stroke |
NO = 2 strokes |
SCORE |
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Do you think that maintaining quality standards and preventing problems from occurring will make your customers easier to get along with? |
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YES = 1 stroke |
NO = 2 strokes |
SCORE |
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Are goals in your organization limited by people’s perceptions of what is obtainable today? |
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YES = 2 strokes |
NO = 1 stroke |
SCORE |
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TOTAL NUMBER OF STROKES |
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