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Here's your success mentor, Darren Hardy.

This morning, I want to teach you how to become great at golf and a lesson that will teach you how to become great at anything you desire to be.

I interviewed a well-known golfer a while back and asked him how one should go about mastering

the game of golf. He answered by asking me a few questions. He asked, do you play? I said,

well, sure, if you can call it that. He said, would you like to play better? I said, yes, I would. I don't like

having to pay my buddies at the end of our skins game. I said, without a laugh. He said, do you ever

practice? I said, well, sure. Well, what do you do? He said, he asked for practice. Well, you know, I go

down to the driving range and I hit a bucket or two of balls. I said sheepishly. And what else? He asked for practice. Well, you know, I go down to the driving range and I hit a bucket or two of balls.

I said sheepishly. And what else? He asked, do you practice your putting? I said, well, a bit. I guess.

Usually before I start around, I'll go down to the putting green to just get a feel for the greens that day.

Then he gave me one of the best success lessons I've ever received. He said, look, I know you don't

have a lot of time, but you still want to beat your buddies, right? I said, yes, I do. Probably too

loud. He said, then you should master the money shot. The one shot you'll take most often on the

whole course, and that is that three foot putt. He said, I know you've heard

the term drive for show, putt for dough, right? He continued, of all the shots that you will take,

41.3% of them will be with the putter, and more than half of those will be within three to five feet. It's the money shot.

If all you do is master that single shot, you would reduce your score 20 to 25%. And that 20 to 25%

is the difference between losing and winning most every skin or whole. Then he gave me the plan for mastery. He said, so here's what you do.

He said, practice the three foot putt until you can make it 50 times from the same spot without

missing. Then pick four spots around the same hole and keep working on it until you can hit

all 50 from all four spots without missing. the three foot putt then he continued simply

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