My Back 9

“ When your consciousness is directed outward, mind and world arise. When it’s directed inward, it realizes its own Source and returns home into the Unmanifested ” Eckhart Tolle The premise of detachment has been running through my cerebral cortex for the last several weeks. Accomplishing the most far-reaching goal of my entire life has had an interesting impact me, and it’s through this realization that I seem to have awakened in some way. I know that might seem a bit on the esoteric side, but bear with me for a while as I unpack my thoughts and attempt to explain. As many of you know by now, the goal I am referring to is the publishing of my first book, My Back Nine . It’s been about two weeks now, and I am still sort of numb to the fact that I actually accomplished this feat. Yes, I know, many people write books, but I have never really been that successful at setting long term goals, persevering through the trials and tribulations of a difficult endeavor, and ultimately achieving t...

The Sum of the Parts Equal the Whole I just spent the better part of the last three days goal setting for 2011. Sound familiar? Not sure about you, but I go through this painful exercise every year, and the endeavor is typically laced with trepidation. But this year was different; I think it just means more to me now and I planned for several weeks on giving this process the attention that it really deserves. I was aided by a very detailed and organized goal setting plan that I received from a colleague. This goal setting plan proved to be invaluable as it kept me aligned with exactly what I was trying to achieve. While I was plotting through the goal setting exercise it dawned on me that I was ( we are ) embarking upon an entirely new decade. That is, of course, if you start your decade’s correctly at the number one. In this case, the ten years starting with 2011 and ending with 2020. I should stop here, just for a moment of clarity for myself, and share some honesty with yo...