295: Steve Kamb - How to Try Again, Play More Free, and Not Let Fear Wreck Your Game

Get Steve Kamb’s new book How to Try Again: An Approachable Guide to Navigating Chaos and Making Change THAT STICKS (Amazon link)

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Steve Kamb is the author of the brand new book How to Try Again: An Approachable Guide to Navigating Chaos and Making Change THAT STICKS.

In this conversation (and in his book) Steve helps us learn about life and golf and the many parallels between the two. We talk about failure, redefining, reframing and better understanding failure, the relationship between failure and fear and our deep need for survival, the importance of self-compassion and acceptance while also navigating change, finding the balance of playing the game you currently have and improving the game you currently have, practical strategies for letting go of control and expectations, theories Steve talks about like Expectation Bankruptcy and Failing Compassionately, and how to use experimentation and taking small steps to foster growth.

The mission of The Mental Golf Show is to explore high performance through the lens of golf, and this conversation hits right in the strike zone of that mission.

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Timestamps & Topics:

00:00 - Intro

3:16 - Redefining and Having a Better Relationship with Failure

13:06 - ⛳️ The Divot Board: Get 10% off at divotboard.com/mentalgolfshow using code 'MentalGolf10'.

14:43 - Expectations, Plans for the Future, and Acceptance to Play Golf More Freely

33:42 - 🏌️‍♂️ Basic Practice Plan - Practice made simple, intentional, and accountable.