The similarity is that to be consistent in the short game is to be consistent in business—it means taking care of the details. It means knowing your tools, whether wedges or leverage. If you have a problem with your wedge play, you work on it. If you have a problem with an area of your business, you specify and deal with it. As golfers, we know the difference between wedges and putters and what their properties are and in business it is the same.

Golf is a brain game, and to have a solid short game is common sense when it comes to the big picture of success in golf, life and business. For example, there’s no point dreaming of building a skyscraper without a proper foundation to support the structure. The short game in golf is the same foundation. Wedge motion is crucial on any shot around the greens.

We’d all like to one-putt every green, we’d all like every business deal to be hassle free and lucrative. It doesn’t work like that, but there are ways to smooth our path to success. When I do a deal, there’s a lot of work that goes on before it even gets started. People don’t see this aspect of how I work, but sometimes many years are spent planning, working and waiting for the right moment to proceed. Likewise, every great golfer has spent untold and unseen hours working on their game. It’s very similar. The results speak for themselves when the groundwork has been attended to, while the focus on the final result has been kept intact.

We all know how great it is to have our game under control and to enjoy the freedom that expertise allows. So don’t neglect your short game in business. The fairways and greens are waiting for you to close the deal, and secure that big win.

HAPPY GOLFING