As summer winds down and we begin our final drive toward the end of another year, I generally find myself looking back, weighing which ideas and concepts have been effective in helping me reach my goals and which have not. This month I would like to talk about Missed Opportunities and Spare Thoughts. Specifically, how well do we recover from missed opportunities and how well are we controlling thought patterns that are counter productive to our goals?

Missed Opportunities
Anyone who is a fan of golf and most of you who are not, have heard of Tiger Woods. At age 21 he won his first major PGA Tournament, The Masters, and set a PGA Tour record for most money earned in a single year with $2,066,833. Now at age 30 he has won 11 majors, second only to Jack Nicklaus who has won 18. If Tiger plays as long as Jack did, there is no telling how many majors he will win. His current career earnings (not counting endorsement contracts) are over $60 million. .....