Zen Putting: A Book Review by Steve Tarde

Once you learn to compete without being tied to the end result, this newly discovered freedom will fill you with unbounded power.

I first wrote those words to teach athletes the secret of champions in my lectures.
Dr. Joe Parent writes cogently about this secret of detachment in his marvelous new book ZEN PUTTING.
I teach mental skills to athletes, entrepreneurs, kids and their parents.
Dr. Joe focuses on the game of golf where his popular programs originate from the majestic Ojai Valley Inn and Spa Resort, near Santa Barbara California.
I have read thousands of books on mental imagery. As far as I know, I am the only CPA who applies the skills of mental imagery, which I call Movies to entrepreneurial success.
Within the first few pages of Zen Golf (Dr. Joe’s first book), I knew I was reading the words of a master in the mental game.
I suggest you pick up either Zen Golf or Zen Putting. Within minutes, you will be mesmerized as well.
Joe takes you places only the greatest of mental champions have gone.
You will discover the secret formula of the best players in sport today.
I study and speak about the secrets known by the greatest athletes of yesterday and today. I teach the champions of tomorrow the mental game of Maravich, West, Jordan, Garvey , Jeter, Pujols, Elway, Woods, Wade and many others.
Just take a peek at the magical words of Dr. Joe Parent, articulating on the power of detachment and what it can immediately mean to your mental game and improved round of golf.
By focusing on the process of putting without attachment to results, you connect with the unconditional confidence out of which certainty about a particular putt arises.
I must say Joe has nailed for me the concept of detachment. The next time Wade nails a three pointer. Jeter gets a clutch hit or Woods sinks a crucial putt, don’t think for one moment it was only their talent.
Many athletes have the talent, but there is one aspect of their game which sets them apart as champions in their sport.
That would be their mental game. You can try to discover the mental game for yourself, but when a book comes along such as Zen Putting, I say devour it and apply the teachings to your game.
Your will never look at your golf game or your life with the same set of eyes.

Steve Tarde is a CPA who lives in San Diego, California and writes and teaches the mental game of school, sports, business, health and life, applying a mental technology he calls Movies.
You may write him at stevetarde@yahoo.com