Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Business and golf

Yesterday was a great day for our community.

We hosted LPGA Commissioner Carolyn Bivens as our inaugural speaker for a Business Breakfast series we just started.

Her remarks were nothing short of inspiring. She tailored her topic to focus on women in professional sports, but also highlighted a broader topic of women in business, and business overall (for men and women.)

Best of all, the main outline of her speech was based on three fundamental principles of golf: play the ball where it lies, always use proper etiquette, and avoid slow play.

In a brief summation:

The first point was bascially to give everyone a fair shot (by playing the ball where it lies.)

The second point illustrated the need to demonstrate, encourage and reward success (that is proper etiquette and being courteous.)

The final point was to seize opportunities by doing the right thing and the smart thing (thereby speeding up play.)

Great words to live by!

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