Why Putt Twice?

If you haven't noticed, the WPT team has a few baseball junkies on it. Here's your MLB Why Putt Twice moment of the day. Kimbrel had only given up 3 homeruns in his entire career...97 MPH fastball...see ya.

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:46:06 -0700

If you haven't noticed, the WPT team has a few baseball junkies on it. Here's your MLB Why Putt Twice moment of the day. Kimbrel had only given up 3 homeruns in his entire career...97 MPH fastball...see ya.

“Once I knew it was coming really close, I knew I had to...

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:57:29 -0700

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“Once I knew it was coming really close, I knew I had to catch it.” 1:05 mark. #whyputttwice

WPT Moment of the Day

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:41:13 -0700

Date: 6/22/2012
Location: The Office

Was texting with a co-worker about whether or not he was going to respond to an RFQ we received. The deadline for submitting was about 2 hours away and it was a pretty simple 5-figure deal. The co-worker said, “I never win these so I don’t get my hopes up…I think i’ll let it slide.”

My reply:”You lose 100% of the bids you don’t submit for.”

He won the bid.

WPT: MLB Edition

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:37:57 -0700

“You just have to take a deep breath,” Hill said. “It’s something you can easily get excited about and try to do a little too much. It’s something where, you’ve been here before, just get up there, see some pitches and put a good swing on it.”

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320618129

WPT Moment of the Day

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:25:00 -0700

Date: 6/15/2012
Location: Shower

Friday morning….7 am. Tired. Went out for a couple post-work cocktails. Nothing crazy. Just got to bed later than I normally would. So, sure, I’m a little groggy. I go through the normal motions. Splash a little water on my face (lukewarm, of course, because who the hell wants to get doused with freezing cold water right when they wake up?). Brush my teeth. Throw a little floss on it. Jump in the shower. Standard morning operating procedure folks….nothing new going on here. Here’s where it gets better. I grab the soap and boom…the bar slips right out of my hands and flies straight up into the steamy air. Now, we’ve all been in this position.

Of course, most would have just let the soap hit the deck and have to bend over in their nudity and disgrace to pick up. No. Not me. Not this time. I take not one, not two, not three, but four hot-potato swipes at the levitating soap bar, continuously batting it back in the air before finally securing it in my bear claws. Now, obviously this could be looked at as a small, meaningless feat, but it’s 7 AM. I’m standing in the shower with my hands raised like I just caught a game-winning pass from Montana. I knew I was about to have an unreal day. I even gave a pretty loud, “Woohoo” from the shower so that my still-sleeping roommate would have to ask why I was yelling in the shower and I would get to tell the whole story again.

There really isn’t a better feeling in the world than making an outstanding grab on an everyday household object.

Conversely, there’s no worse feeling than making that grab, looking around and realizing that nobody saw you make it.

Chapter 12: Don't like the weather? Wait 5 Minutes.

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:41:03 -0700

The weather changes, so does success. Your mentality doesn’t have to. A tremendous line of thinking is to link your success at the task at hand with the current state of the weather. When a person is able to step outside of their current state of mind and into a much grander picture, it makes things seem simple and easy. Equating your performance to a bigger picture always works.

Examples:

(On the golf course)

“Fellas, it’s 110 degrees out here. While you guys are 3-putting, I’m gonna sink this. If you need me, I’ll be over in the shade talking to the cart girl.”

“Look guys, I’m not out here in the rain with this damn headwind to hit shots into the trees. I’m putting it down the middle.”

“Gentlemen, there’s a gentle breeze, not a cloud in the sky, it’s perfect out here. Of course I’m on the green in two. Where else would I be?”

(In the office)

Coworker: ”Wow, another great sale, good job - seems like you’ve really been studying those RPQ reports…”

You: ”Thanks. To be honest though, look out that window - on a day like today, it’s not like i’m going to sit around and not sell something.”

Chapter 2: Don't Be an Asshole

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:19:23 -0700

Here’s the thing, ‘Why Putt Twice’ is not a case study in how to become a pompous dick hole and alienate all of your friends and potential relationships. If that’s how you’ve been interpreting it, brah, then you’re doing it wrong.

The point of WPT is to improve your ability to think positively and excel in opportunities that arise in each moment. Our friends went on a fishing trip for a bachelor party. Some of the guys were great fishermen, some had never gotten a line wet before. The guys who had never been weren’t talking about how many they’d catch that day, just to put themselves on the map. They casted their lines, held their mouths like the guys who had been before and waited for the bite.

The WPT mentality is that you can take a very optimistic approach to any situation. You could be at the craps table sitting there being negative-nancy about the way the dice are rolling, or you could realize that in the context of the universe, you could start hitting numbers and dollar yo calls on your very next roll.

You are making a choice about how to view obstacles.

WPT was obviously born on the golf course. Life is too precious to be stomping all over the green muttering four-letter words under your breath as you become worse at a game that’s supposed to be fun. Believe it’s going in, line it up, put a smooth stroke on it, watch it drop, high five your buddies and then go get something cold to drink. WPT happens when you stand over a putt that you have no business making and then drill it. Because, seriously, why putt twice?

Chapter 25: The Wave is Coming

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:42:00 -0700

You’re shooting 2 for 15 on jumpers in one-on-one basketball. Or you may have had one too many drinks and now you’re struggling to perform for your lady. Close your eyes, take a deep breath and tell yourself, “The Wave is Coming.” It’s called the mean for a reason. You’re about to get “mean.” The law of averages is a law. It will even itself out and your failures will be gone.

It’s suggested that you keep this mantra to yourself (especially in the bedroom scenario), but you can be reassured that if you truly believe in this then you have nothing to worry about. It doesn’t matter how bad or pathetic you have been, it’s about how good you’re about to be. Because there’s a wave of achievement heading your way and you just gotta hang in there and tread water until that puppy brings you back to shore.

Example: If you typically are good for a 130 at the bowling alley…

Friend: “Dude, you just went 93, 89?! We pick teams one time and this is what you give me?”

You: “The wave is coming?

Friend: “Maybe you should stop trying to curve it and just roll it straight down the middle, try to pick up pins.”

You “The wave is coming.”

(Game 3, 7th frame, you just threw a turkey)

Friend: “Where the hell was this?!”

You: “Ay dogg, I was just waiting for that wave, we all knew it was coming.”

Chapter 9: 'Na me dogg

Sat, 02 Jun 2012 08:12:00 -0700

Used as both a phrase and a mentality “‘Na Me Dogg” can be invoked when the task at hand results in a failure right after you talk trash about how confident you were about the success of said task. Similar to reverse psychology, this mindset needs to be used when, inevitably, you do end up putting twice…or three times.

Alternative phrases such as “Yeah that wasn’t me dogg,” and “Nah, that wasn’t me” can also be substituted in such a situation.

Example:

“Ha, what happened on that fly ball to you in left?”

“Na me dogg.”

“What?”

“Dogg, do you see this twilight sky? The ball blends right in - that ain’t me.”