E78 - Paul McGinley: It’s not about being the best player in the team, but being the best team player.

The High Performance Podcast

High Performance

Sports, Self-improvement, Mindset, Growth Mindset, Health & Fitness, Non-negotiables, Education, Life Lessons, High Performance

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🗓️ 8 August 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Paul has been a European Tour golfer now for over 25 years. Despite winning several tournaments and being a former top 20 ranked player in the world, he is best known for his performances in team competitions, especially the Ryder Cup. He has represented Europe on 14 occasions as a player, Vice-Captain & Captain, winning an astonishing 13 times, most memorably in 2014 where he led Europe to a comprehensive victory over America at Gleneagles in Scotland as Captain.

This led to many awards including being voted Coach of the year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2014 and being made an Executive Fellow at London Business School, the first sportsman ever awarded this honour.

Paul's book, 'Landscape of Success', is out now. For a copy - please message Paul on Twitter @mcginleygolf

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0:00.0	Don't judge each day by the harvest that you reap but by the seeds you plant.
0:08.0	Hi there, not long to a brand new episode of the Hyperformance Podcast.
0:12.0	I thought I'd start with that quote from Robert Louis Stevenson.
0:16.0	Don't judge each day by the harvests you reap but by the seeds you plant.
0:22.0	And they might not see me right now, but trust me, just by sitting down and
0:28.0	listening to this podcast, whether you're walking the dog, whether you're driving to work,
0:32.0	whether you're sharing it with your mates, whether you're having a bit of quiet time,
0:36.0	just by tuning into the Hyperformance Podcast, you are planting seeds, seeds to grow,
0:42.0	seeds to improve, seeds to learn.
0:44.0	And today you're going to be doing so in the company of one of the most inspiring
0:50.0	sports people and coaches that I've ever sat down and spoken to.
0:53.0	Today's episode is with golfer Paul McKinley.
0:59.0	Now that's a great place. Talk to any really elite athletes.
1:03.0	That's when you perform your best. When you almost don't care, you're so caught up in a
1:07.0	moment of doing what you need to do that you're not result oriented.
1:11.0	You are performance oriented.
1:14.0	I've got a fire litin inside me from a young boy.
1:17.0	I didn't know what I was going to be. I didn't know I was going to be a gale of
1:20.0	footballer. I was going to be a businessman. And I certainly didn't know I was going to be a golfer.
1:24.0	But I had a fire inside me. And that's the greatest gift that God has ever given me, that fire.
1:30.0	I saw my job as a captain, give clarity, give simplicity, create a really strong
1:37.0	environment, inspire them, and then get the hell out of the way.
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