PAR Excellence

I love the game of golf.

It is a tireless pursuit to better yourself - one stroke at a time.

There is a term in golf called par - or in other words the standard. I use the word par as an acronym and mantra for my life.

I want my life to be lived PAR Excellence! The standard is excellence - not perfection.

PAR I break down further to represent a method of living:

Plan
Act
Review

This is how every golf game is played - one shot at a time. As should our lives be lived one day at a time. First you PLAN your shot given your course, the lay of the ball, the conditions, the current score and your desired result. Then you ACT. You simply get out of your own way and play the ball. Lastly, once you've acted you REVIEW. Where did I end up? Is it where I wanted to? What's my next move? And the process starts all over again.

Now the process is simple but the game isn't easy. The difficulty usually comes in the ACT, which I further breakdown to:

Action
Creativity
Transformation

You must do. If you don't do you'll have nothing to review. Your ACTION must be different and CREATIVE and must have the intention of TRANSFORMATION. This space between Plan and Review is where the new world is created.

If you follow this simple process daily - you can drill up or drill down depending on your approach - you could PAR every task, or spread it through the day - Plan in the morning, Act during the day, Review at night. Or spread it through the week Plan on a Sunday, Act during the week, Review again on a Sunday. I recommend all of the above.

Success in golf and life comes from the discipline in practising the method. And then going out onto the course and having fun with it.

Excellent!