| Are you a golfer who attempts to improve
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| | Finally, I told him, "I've an idea.
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| the golf swing by instructing, "Don't..."
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| | Instead of thinking about your slice the
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| "Don't slice."
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| | rest of the day, let's think about
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| "Don't hook."
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| | hitting the golf ball perfectly, even if
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| "Don't hit it into the water."
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| | you do slice the ball. Want to give it a
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| "Don't hit it into the sand trap."
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| | try?"
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| I think we're all familiar with this
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| | My friend shrugged, as if to say, "That's
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| approach.
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| | the best you can offer me?"
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| What happens instantaneously? The mind
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| | He sliced again. And, he sliced again.
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| immediately forms an image of the very
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| | He looked at me and said, "This isn't
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| thing you don't want to take place on the
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| | doing any good."
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| golf course.
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| | "Forget about it, Richard," I said. "You
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| It's the old elementary school trick of
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| | don't care about the slice anymore. All
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| "Don't think of a pink elephant." The
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| | you care about is the perfect golf swing.
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| negative becomes an action in the
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| | You intellectually know all the
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| positive. In other words, the negative
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| | mechanics. Picture them being executed
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| formulates a sense of being.
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| | perfectly in your mind. When the slice
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| I was playing with a friend not long ago,
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| | pops into your head, substitute it with
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| and I noticed he was falling victim to
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| | the perfect golf swing."
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| the "Don't" disease. He was focused on
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| | It took awhile, but on the 17th hole he
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| his slice. It consumed the early rounds
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| | hit the shot he was lusting after. On the
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| and was a major point of discussion.
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| | 18th, he did it again.
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| He wanted some advice on how to rid
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| | I'm certainly not saying this will solve
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| himself of it once and for all. We went
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| | all the problems on the golf course with
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| through the standard instructions but the
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| | your golf swing. But, it's a good start.
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| slice still persisted.
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