People would always have the tendency to pull others down when others are on their way to the top. This is actually called crab mentality or in Australia tall poppy syndrome. Nobody wants others to be ahead of them. Instead, they must find their way ahead all the time. In golf, the same thing happens. When you have already established yourself in the world of golf, there would really be some people who will find ways for you to be out of the scene. It is fine if these are detractors whom you never knew from the start.
Things would just be painful when you would know that your friends are the ones ruining your game. This is so sad to hear, but it does happen. Those people whom you never imagined to do such things to you are the ones who would actually do it first. However, when your friends are the ones ruining your game, try to determine first their reason for doing it. From there, you would know how to react and what you are to do next. In this article, you will know the reasons why your friends would try to ruin your game. There might be several reasons but at the end of the day, it would boil down to this two.
1. You might have friends who also want to be where you are. In life, you would only strive for success. When you know where you want to see yourself in the future, then you will definitely make moves just to be where you want to be someday. Yet, you forget that your friends also have the same desire as you do. If you have decided to take the same path, then things would just be fine. However, when you are already way ahead, this is where problems arise. These people would attempt to destroy your game so that they can find the lead over you. The problem is that you don’t know how they are going to attack and when are they going to do it. Yet, you don’t have to worry about this. The only thing that matters here is that you know your goal and you won’t allow distractions to hinder you. If you know what to do and you are motivated to achieve it, then you will certainly have it. No matter how they try to pull you down, you will always stay on track.
2. Your friends might be doing the reverse psychology. Things would always come as a surprise to us. You don’t know when things happen as expected or the other way around. If you feel like your friends are ruining your game and you are really in doubt about what they are doing; then think other wise. They might want to help you with what they are doing. They want to pull you down to lift you up. They try to ruin your game for you to be more motivated to continue. They simply want you to learn things the hard way. This might sound weird, but this could possibly be their best way to help you. Thus, if in cases where you find them acting so odd, you might try to take a look at this reason. You would just be surprised that friends will always be friends in spite and despite of everything.
These two reasons might be opposing in nature. However, when instances where friends really pull you down happen; then you just have to learn how to examine them totally. At the end of the day, whatever their goals may be, at least you always cling to what is good and right.
Even in golf, you can still learn a lot of values.