Dream On: One Hacker's Challenge to Break Par in a Year
John Richardson When John Richardson decided to up his golf game, he didn't do things by halves.
His plan was to break par on his local course within a year. Starting as someone who played golf just a few times a year while working 50 hours a week in his job as a busy entrepreneur, the odds for success didn't look so good. In fact, a golf pro told him to "dream on" when he talked of his ambition. But John wasn't one to be put off. He didn't have much time to apply himself to his goal, but he did know how to do things smartly. In his head, he adopted a golf mentor - someone he could model himself on, learn their habits and their way of playing. In his mind, he even spoke like his imaginary golf mentor who happened to be one of the greats of golf, Seve Ballesteros. John dedicated 20 hours every week to his ambition, learning the techniques he would need to improve. The result was that 362 days later, he achieved his ambition. The lesson in this book isn't only about golf, it's about how to improve yourself in whatever you do. John is clear that in order to get into the top 1% of people who are good at something, it only takes 1,000 hours of dedicated training - provided you do the right things in your training. Now due to be turned into a motion picture, John's story is a route map to success, and will inspire anyone who wants to improve, in the game of golf or the game of life itself.