One of the most common flaw made when people are learning to play golf is failing to follow through properly. 'Following through' in golf is literally the part of the swing after the club has struck the ball. The ball has, a fraction of a second earlier, gone sailing off into the air, and the club simply continues to swing through empty air. Yet the fascinating thing about this is that if the follow through isn't done properly the ball won't go where it should.

It's almost a moment from science fiction where a future event affects a current event - time travel on a golf course!

Now if you consider the last thought for the week "Ideas are not Enough", and think about those decisions that you might have considered and even started to take since reading that how many of them have you seen through fully? How many of them have you completed and indeed how many decisions did you miss?

In golf it's all about intending to follow through, indeed planning to follow through. This affects everything from the players stance, their muscle tension and their mental expectations.

In life it's the same. Have the intention to see things through, planning to do them completely even when it seems you will be simply swinging through the air and not making a difference. This is what enables people to achieve great things.

Regards

Archie

PS I am indebted to a friend of mine James Moorhouse for the wisdom that is contained in the above.