4-Point Weekend #141
It's not that important.
Hi everyone,
Please enjoy this week’s 4 points!
1) It’s not that important..
Sport psychologist Dr. Bob Rotella tells a story about Arnold Palmer:
I admire Arnold Palmer a great deal. My favourite story about him suggests how loose and trusting he was in his prime. It occurred in 1962, at the Colonial. Palmer was in a playoff with Johnny Pott when he hit a ball into a bunker on the 9th hole. He was about to hit his recovery shot when he heard a small boy’s voice, followed quickly by the sound of a mother hissing at the boy to hush. Palmer turned around and saw the two, the boy looking chagrined and the mother embarrassed. Palmer just laughed, turned back to the ball, and addressed the shot again. Just as he was about to swing, he heard another sound. This time, the mortified boy was sobbing. Palmer backed off again and smiled at the child. Then, as he addressed the ball a third time, he heard a gagging sound. He turned around and saw that by this time the mother had clamped a hand over the boy’s mouth. “Hey, it’s okay, don’t choke him. This isn’t that important.”
Whereupon he blasted out of the trap and went on to win the playoff.
2) Fear and risk
Vincent van Gogh on fear and risk:
Fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm fearsome, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore. They leave that wisdom to those to whom it appeals. When the storm comes — when night falls — what's worse: the danger or the fear of danger? Give me reality, the danger itself.
3) The power of reading
TV Writer and creator of Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry, on books:
I consider reading the greatest bargain in the world. A shelf of books is a shelf of many lives and ideas and imaginations which the reader can enjoy whenever he wishes and as often as he wishes. Instead of experiencing just one life, the book-lover can experience hundreds or even thousands of lives.
4) Quote of the week
“When you’ve done well and another has benefited by it, why like a fool do you look for a third thing on top - credit for the good deed or a favor in return?”
-Marcus Aurelius
Thank you for your time and attention this week.
Upward,
Kyle