Comments on: Lot going on

By: luke

luke — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:51:48 +0000

it was alot better when you posted more frequently. i understand youve been busy. but when i started following this you were posting everyday. wtf?

By: dan

dan — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:38:53 +0000

Hi Howard,

Good advice! Thanks for that and for reading the blog. It is very true. Trying to get to that zen phase, still in the building zone, but it’s getting a lot closer every day with every new challenge

By: Howard Goldowsky

Howard Goldowsky — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:50:12 +0000

Haha. Dan, “pressure” opens up a whole new world of situations to master. Pressure doesn’t really exist. If you don’t fear anything, pressure doesn’t exist. In your case, you’re not trying to prove anything. You’re running an experiment. You’re not SUPPOSED to be good. You are good or you are not good, depending on the day, how much sleep you got, etc.

Practice transfers skill from short-term memory to long-term subconscious memory. Choking happens when we lose connection to our long-term subconscious memory and start thinking. Thinking about golf shots turns the expert golfer into a beginner again.

Dance like nobody’s watching.

Swing like nobody’s watching.

In other words, lose the ego. (Another Zen concept.)

Ultimately, you have no control over when your skills transition from short-term memory to your subconscious. All you can do is your part — practice — and hope that the transfer happens. The transfer is natural. (Zen Masters would say that it’s the Buddah’s work.) Sometimes transfer happens fast, sometimes it takes months, years. You are on the path, and that’s what matters.

-Howard

By: dan

dan — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:13:12 +0000

Glad you found the blog Matt, thanks for reading it!

I didn’t meet that guy, but maybe one day.. The people who were out here from Golf in America were very cool, it was a good experience.

Good advice, will definitely try and not let anyone get me down

Cheers!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:16:26 +0000

Definitely looking forward to seeing you on Golf in America. Did you get to meet Anthony Anderson?

I just found out about the Dan Plan a few days ago, but have gone through and started at the beginning of your blog and read it from then until now. You have an amazing story and I’m glad I found your site.

Don’t let anyone get you down, haters gonna hate, you just keep plugging away.