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What Lies Beyond Success: Reinventing Your Game

People at the peak of their professional game take some pretty interesting steps to maintain their success, steps that attract attention and create more questions than answers. Take Tiger Woods for example.

Before 2002 Tiger’s formula for success was astonishing and unbeatable in every way. So why on earth would the world’s best golfer change his game? When his weaknesses could no longer compensate for his talents - the world would see the results. Tiger realized this in 2003 when Vijay Singh replaced him as the No. 1 golf player in the world. He was quoted on GolfDigest.com as saying, “You can play from the wrong position for a long time with good hands, but eventually its’ going to catch-up with you.” Being really good at something, the best even, does not guarantee you a permanent position at the top.

Nobody really knew it at the time, but Tiger's performance was actually a direct result of a decision he made to reinvent his game. While utilizing his strengths in 2002, he had a glimpse of what could potentially be his downfall - a tendency of dropping his club below the ideal swing line. In 2003 surgery on his problematic knee meant that he would either have to settle with pain and mediocrity - or he would have to literally change the way he played the game of golf. Reinvention is the key to sustained success, even if you are in the prime of your game.

Luckily for Tiger, it was perspective that drove him beyond success. Being the master of his own game would mean reinventing his swing. The old techniques he had used to gain success were simply not working - and so he sought out different perspective from instructor Hank Haney in 2004. Even the best have blind spots - they simply remove them from the game through a change in perspective.

On July 23rd of 2006, Tiger won the British Open, defending his title for a second time. It has been a three-year journey to get back on top. Had Tiger not reinvented his game however, what would have happened to his once successful career?
No matter what you do for a living, every day is another swing at success. Whether you are a young professional climbing in your career or a seasoned veteran, seeking a new perspective on success might just give you the edge you need. The question is…are you ready to go beyond success?

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