Building Blocks of Your Career Series, Part 5: Always Interviewing “Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.” – Jim Rohn In the famous movie, “Ocean’s Eleven” (2001), a memorable line comes out as the movie reaches it’s finale.… Read More
Building Blocks of Your Career Series, Part 4: Networking “Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.” – Jim Rohn If I say you need to be good, authentically good at networking to be successful as a golf… Read More
Building Blocks of Your Career Series, Part 3: Maximizing Mentors “Don’t take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties. Seek out the mentors that you need that will lead you to greatness in your field. If you’re not willing to learn from others, who are you willing to learn from?” Jim Rohn Questions for you: Who do you spend the most time with?… Read More
Building Blocks of Your Career Series, Part 2: Learning From & Leveraging Your Experiences “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.” – Jim Rohn Last month, the topic was “Finding Your Passion & Purpose” In that article, I wrote: “Fact: This is a hard business…and there will be hard,… Read More
Building Blocks of Your Career Series, Part 1: Finding Your Passion & Purpose Fact: This is a hard business…and there will be hard, long and sometimes difficult days with a career in golf. It’s your passion, your purpose that will “power you through” on the tougher days. “If you don’t design your life (career) plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have… Read More
Celebrating “High-Trust Operators” in the PNWPGA This year, 2020 sounded so cool to me in the 2000s and beyond. We saw clever names for strategic plans and similar called “Vision 20/20” and more. Maybe we (or at least I) built it up too much? Either way, I believe we can all agree that 2020 has been epic. We have seen massive… Read More