I ran into an old friend recently and was talking to him about an upcoming golf tournament that he was going to play in. “I’m playing really well”, he said, “I just can’t score”. “I’ve always been that guy who hits it really well but never scores well. I been playing a lot and playing better than I ever have, but can’t seem to post the scores that I should. Honestly, I just need to work on my short game. I play three times a week, and if I’d spend that time chipping and putting, I’d be a really good golfer. Instead, I just want to go out three times a week and see how far I can hit my driver.”

Now, it’s clear that “being a good golfer” is important to my friend. He wouldn’t be playing three times a week in preparation for the tournament if he didn’t want to be good. What’s more, he wouldn’t be talking to me for 20 minutes about the state of his golf game heading into the tournament if he didn’t care about being good at golf. He wants to be good. [Read more…] about The Stories We Tell Ourselves