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How Do You Pursue Growth Without Letting Expectations Ruin the Joy of Playing
Episode 20

How Do You Pursue Growth Without Letting Expectations Ruin the Joy of Playing

Links for Life · Tommy Thompson

January 27, 202633m 31s

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Show Notes

How do you pursue improvement in golf without letting expectations steal the joy of playing?


In this episode of Links for Life, Joe and Tommy explore the tension between wanting to grow and actually enjoying the game. They unpack the difference between goals and expectations, process and outcome, and how pressure slowly replaces joy when performance becomes the focus. A powerful conversation on learning how to grow without losing the love of the game.


(0:00) Growth vs enjoyment 

(3:00) How goals shape the round  

(5:52) Process vs outcome  

(9:12) Trusting the process  

(11:56) Finding joy in improvement  

(14:55) Practice vs performance  

(17:49) Defining success beyond score  

(20:55) Staying engaged in the round  

(23:52) Finishing strong  

(26:55) Setting better goals  


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