Author: Don Yaeger
Greatness Never Complains: Brooks Koepka Wins The U.S. Open
Brooks Koepka won the U.S. Open for the second year in a row on Sunday, only the seventh golfer in the 123-year history of the U.S. Open to do so, and it was anything but easy. The wailing wind played havoc with drives as the hard greens, dried from lack of water, sent anything but the perfect putt soaring into the rough. Shinnecock Hills proved to be a challenge this year and the scores proved it. In a sport where...
Learning From The NFL Draft: How To Hire Superstar Performers
As a leader, the week of the NFL Draft is one of my favorite weeks. Not because I care if a team is going to pick a player I like, but because I know that NFL teams will spend millions of dollars on what they believe to be player research, only to find, at an unbelievable rate, that their carefully selected draft picks fail in three years or less. It’s sad and funny at the same time…but I’m encouraged because it...
How Can Too Much Success Lead To Failure? Golfer Jason Day Will Explain
How much success would be too much to handle? For Jason Day, it was after he won the Players Championship in 2016. It was a wire-to-wire victory that cemented him as the number one player in the World Golf Rankings. He was on top of his profession. Then, he didn’t win again for the rest of 2016. And nothing again in 2017.
What happened?
As Day told ESPN, “I got burned out being No. 1. It’s easy to get...
How To Use The Chip On Your Shoulder To Drive Greatness: Learn A Lesson From Josh Rosen
Hanging on the edge of my computer screen is a newspaper clipping from 23 years ago written by a newspaper in Las Vegas. The article isn’t flattering. These days, it hangs there as a reminder that things weren’t always as good or positive as they are now. It reminds me to stay vigilant and always remember that I have something to prove. It’s kept me sharp.
In the beginning though, that negative review was a big...