The Dan Plan’s greatest achievement isn’t your golf handicap or the test of the 10,000 hour theory. It’s the 10,000+ people you’ve inspired to also “fail forward” and live with no regrets.

The Insight episode on “Bouncing Back” is available to watch at https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1039929411746/insight-s2017-ep25-bouncing-back-from-failure
Viewers might need to be in Australia to access it though.

Wishing you every success as you keep growing and learning by “failing forward”.
Barry

One thought about talent.

Talent might be more an ability to learn something new faster. While this statement does not rule out that you can achieve anything you set your mind to in life, it does explain the required effort to reach it. I’m sure that everyone has talents, but most don’t know what their talents are. My talent is physics, which enables me to cruise through life fairly comfortable as an engineer and management consultant. Much more comfortable than if I would have studied Chinese. I’m moderately talented in sports like golf, but not nearly enough to reach the top within physical and time constraints and earn a comfortable living.

The big quest of live is finding your talents as soon as possible and develop them through dedication and lots of effort.

You tried, you failed (in a positive way), you learned and you’ve found a new talent. Perhaps your true talent is that you dare take the risks needed to find new talents. Entrepreneurial mindset is a talent too!

Best wishes

I really do wish I would have found your blog, your story, your endeavor, much sooner than I had (say when your journey first started, yeah, that would have been perfect timing with me being a sophomore in high school with so much potential). Instead it was only a few months ago that I first came across your story while searching Google to see if there was anything out there named “The Dan Plan” as I was and still am in the process of coming up with a creative business plan (as well as my name also being Daniel). I am 24-years old, a new grad wandering (somewhat) aimlessly, working retail, and I look back on my life (far too often) and think how much different things could have been had I just stay focused and tried a little harder and not been afraid to do more when I was younger, especially in high school e.g., work out more, eat healthier, play high school sports like golf and wrestling. Instead I quit the sports l played my whole life (i.e., football, basketball) and didn’t pursue anything new (i.e., golf, wrestling), I became a spectator, a fan of others, just idle for the most part.

Me not moving as hard, as fast, and as smart as I easily could have caught up to me in college as I had a failure here and then there, and I just panicked and self-destructed, and kind of quit on everything. A couple years later, feeling years older and with a whole lot of pain and regret, I turned things around but not after much wasted time and I think again, what could have been. If I was doing all the right things to the best of my ability years prior, I truly believe that I could have been a golf pro and even a pro golfer, even if I had just a picked up a club in high school.

You chased your dreams without being afraid of your own potential, without being afraid of being new at something, and so much more, so I give you so much respect and thanks for having courage, working as hard and as smart as you did (and still do), and inspiring others. Your story is incredible; can you imagine if someone with a little (or a lot) more natural talent than yourself would have worked as hard and as systematic as you did. . And then I think, man, I could have been “The Dan Plan” 2.0. . And who knows, maybe one day when I have a steady income and a career going, I might just do that, because I’m as hungry as I’ve ever been and I’m as healthy as I’ve ever been. Time will tell.

Wishing you the best as always Champ,

- Daniel (A.K.A. “The Dan Plan” 2.0)

American teens need great role models who inspire them to resist the downward pull of the low expectations that our society has for them. You show them that it can be done.

I know that you developed an incredible work ethic during your golf experiment. I am sure you will be a success in whatever you do. God bless you!

P.S. Please don’t take down this site! I need it for my students.

Kindly let me know if you’d be interested. Thank you very much and again Congratulations on your remarkable adventure.

Best wishes.

Very happy to see you share your insights with your article today, bro. Our rounds together are stil inspiring my life that anything is possible and I like your goal for the business and new golf goals. Butch Harmon told me that he had concerns about the physical injury as a challenge for your timeline, but he also said that he believed that you could still gain a level of mastery of the sport making you a great golfer. I look forward to seeing you in Vegas again soon and play a round, and hear how your new business is going. Cheers.