We all have more in common with Tiger Woods than we think

Posted by: dscruggs on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

We all have more in common with Tiger Woods than we think

We have heard one superlative after another about the recent accomplishments of Mr. Eldridge Tiger Woods. If I hear one more comment about the mental toughness he showed, his composure down the stretch, the way he willed himself to victory I will just kill over. Just joking, I love Tiger Woods, but what he did is nothing different than what most of us do on daily basis, Tiger just has millions of people watching you. We have all went to work not feeling our best, having to will ourselves to our finish line. The finish line for most is the timer/buzzer that tells us that our allocated time to leave has come. Tiger would have been applauded for his bravery if he had quit in the middle of the contest, but what happens if you need to leave early, better yet are you applauded for your courage when you make it through 8-10 hours at work 5 days a week, maybe even work overtime, probably not. I do not know Mr. Woods personally but I know it took a lot of will and determination to make it through 91 holes of grueling golf. Is it any different than what we have to do on a regular basis, we as Mr. Woods have to deal with pain, just not any applause for us, it is just expected for us to keep our employment.

The reason I even mention this is that we all have the same opportunity to do the same thing that Tiger Woods has done, he just has conditioned himself to win at all cost, and second place means nothing to him. Are you willing to put it all on the line, we may not be able to hit a golf ball 350 yards and land it 5 feet from the hole but we all have areas where we can master. I have chosen the field of Commercial Real Estate and I feel I can be just as dominate as Tiger Woods has been in this field. I once read a quote that said ‘Success leaves clues”, so I decided to study someone I admire and use the strategies that have made him wildly successful and see what happens. Tiger Woods seems to have it all, a beautiful wife, adoring fans, money, and fame beyond the average persons wildest dreams. I did a little research on his site www.TigerWoods.com and found out that he wakes up every morning at 5:00 AM. That was the first thing I decided to change, if Tiger wakes up at 5:00 I will wake up at 5:00. Second he has a coach, Tiger had Butch Harmon, now he has Hank Haney, I decided to obtain a coach of sorts as well.

Everyone may not be this lucky but I have enlisted the services of none other than Mr. Herb Strather, (Strather.com) Michigan’s Master of Real Estate, he has decided to mentor me and take me to the next level. What would it be like for you to have access to someone that actually brought the Casino’s to Michigan, someone who has personally been responsible for literally 100’s of documented individuals becoming millionaires. The superlatives of Mr. Herb Strather are too numerous to list, but I can give you an abridged version, he has personally been responsible for over 2 Billion dollars in Real Estate related transactions, most of them located in the Michigan area. Not to slight Butch Harmon, or Hank Haney any, but I know that Tiger can beat both Butch Harmon and Hank Haney in golf, but if Tiger has a coach then I need to have a coach. Tiger has Hank Haney, I have Mr. Herb Strather, I think I might have the better end of the deal when it comes to coaches. The reason I mention any of this is that Tiger Woods may have a great will to win, but he has a team around him that makes him successful, but he can’t do it all by himself. If you go back to the title of this article we all more in common with Tiger than what we think. Tiger wakes up in the morning just as we all do if we are lucky, but the biggest difference between Tiger Woods and most of us, he has a plan, his day is booked before he wakes up, someone has orchestrated the best way Tiger should be positioned for success today and in the future, what about you, are you positioning yourself for future success, with your current associations if not you need to make drastic changes. If you study successful individuals you will more than likely find a pattern, you probably have a pattern as well, and it’s just not the right one for you to achieve his level of success. In closing, if we really take time to look at what Tiger Woods has done and what most of us have done, the biggest difference is that he is willing to put in all on the line when it counts, he has 0 fear of failure, he stated on Sunday that it is only pain, what would you have done in the same situation, we may never have the chance to play competitive golf, but we can take a chance to be the Tiger of our chosen field. Stop worrying about all the things that can go wrong and try to think about all the things that can go right, if I decide and apply myself the way Tiger has I can achieve similar goals, yeah you are right I really do have more in common with Tiger Woods than I initially thought.