“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again,
and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein
Your golf game is a product of habitual ways of thinking and acting. The longer you’ve played, the more ingrained the habit. If you’ve developed the habit of focusing on mistakes, then you will unconsciously reproduce them ad infinitum in one form or another.
To paraphrase Dr. Karl Morris, “our nervous system craves familiarity”.
Habits are essential to maintain our sanity. At times, however, these rituals (sounds like we are trying to placate a capricious golf god) prevent us from discovering better ways to accomplish our goals.
Have you ever realized that you were travelling the wrong way on a highway, the route you automatically follow every day, when your destination was in the opposite direction?
The first step to uncovering your dormant ability is awareness. Once you understand your automatic reactions to specific triggers in the environment, the next step is to eliminate ineffective rituals and replace them with empowering ones.
It will take some diligence. We tend to follow the path of least resistance.
For most of us, even the slightest change can be a scary proposition! If you can devote five minutes a day, every day, a new habit can be developed in just 30 days. The key is regular daily maintenance.
The procedures illustrated are tipping points. They are offered as a stimulus to help you develop new patterns of thinking about your golf game. There are no absolutes, only guidelines.
How you use the guidelines is up to you.